Leopards Ate My Face

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[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I've done a lot of seasonal field scale farm work, mostly in Europe - it can be extremely hard work. Couldn't do it now, you have to be pretty fit.

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[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago

Which probably means that it would have to pay significantly above minimum wage. But, farmers were getting that labour for below minimum wage because they had the luck to be able to use workers who had no other options.

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

Federal minimum wage is $7.25/hour.

Good luck with that.

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[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I would assume they were joking. Why you would do anything for minimum wage is beyond me

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[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 3 points 1 year ago

Wasn't joking. Still, I would much prefer a living wage, like what we see from old-timey videos, where a single person can support a household and feel happy about their fiscals.

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[–] Tja@programming.dev 17 points 1 year ago (8 children)

If only people would be willing to pay for that at the market...

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[–] healthetank@lemmy.ca 29 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Something like 80% of the prices you pay at a grocery store go to middle men. Farmer is only about 11%, IIRC.

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[–] huppakee@feddit.nl 13 points 1 year ago

Might be even less depending on your produce, also keep in mind that farmers don't have the same costs every year nor the same yields. A bad year can totally finish them in a bad economy.

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[–] Tja@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I swear I said "market"...

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[–] hark@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If only the parasitic middlemen were willing to reduce their ridiculous profit margins...

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[–] Tja@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Nowadays you can circumvent middlemen in a lot of cases (if you live in the center of a big metropolis probably not, but the you -need the middlemen). Farmers market, bulk orders or weekly markets are all decent options.