Around 75% of immigrant farm workers in Bakersfield, California, ditched their shifts after Trump ramped up his threats by removing protections against ICE raids in “sensitive areas,” including schools and workplaces.

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    2 days ago

    The tech to automate most of the stuff already exists, it’s just not being used as long as abusing humans ends up being cheaper.

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      How do you automate the harvesting, ground work and maintenance? For example a peach tree?

      When I was in the valley, 2 inches of rain basically stopped a whole day’s work for entire fields. Ground machines aren’t even workable on that day.