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@paulwermer@sfba.social
2025-07-14 00:51:52

Important, informative thread re farmworker pay.
#agriculture

Sarah Taber (@sarahtaber@mastodon.online)
Ex-farm worker here. We need to talk about this whole "But a living wage for farm workers would spike the cost of food!" thing. Not true AT ALL. Y'all don't understand how fast experienced farm workers are. The average tomato picker pulls 650lbs per hour. At $20/hr, that's $0.03/lb for labor.

@PaulWermer@sfba.social
2025-07-14 00:51:52

Important, informative thread re farmworker pay.
#agriculture

Sarah Taber (@sarahtaber@mastodon.online)
Ex-farm worker here. We need to talk about this whole "But a living wage for farm workers would spike the cost of food!" thing. Not true AT ALL. Y'all don't understand how fast experienced farm workers are. The average tomato picker pulls 650lbs per hour. At $20/hr, that's $0.03/lb for labor.

@UP8@mastodon.social
2025-08-08 11:46:18

🌞 California farmers identify a hot new cash crop: Solar power
#agriculture

California farmers identify a hot new cash crop: Solar power
Imagine that you own a small, 20-acre farm in California's Central Valley. You and your family have cultivated this land for decades, but drought, increasing costs and decreasing water availability are making each year more difficult.

@primonatura@mstdn.social
2025-06-02 18:00:04

"How farmers are becoming unexpected heroes in the bird migration crisis"
#Birds #Farming #Agriculture

How farmers are becoming unexpected heroes in the bird migration crisis
Across the Americas, rice and crawfish farmers are helping keep migrating birds alive by transforming their land into makeshift wetlands.Lela Nargi reports for Knowable Magazine.In short:Bird populations like ducks, cranes, and sandpipers are plummeting as wetlands vanish due to climate change and d...

@jlpiraux@wallonie-bruxelles.social
2025-07-24 18:45:08

Alexandre Aebi, chercheur Š l'université de Neufchâtel :
"En matière de néonicotinoïdes, la seule dose acceptable, c’est zéro"
#agriculture #santé #pesticides

"En matière de néonicotinoïdes, la seule dose acceptable, c’est zéro", affirme le chercheur Alexandre Aebi
En France, plus d'un million et demi de personnes ont signé une pétition contre la loi Duplomb, qui réautorise l'acétamipride, un néonicotinoïde interdit depuis 2020. Cette mobilisation sans précédent s'appuie notamment sur les travaux d'un chercheur de l'Université de Neuchâtel, dont l'étude sur les effets de ce pesticide sur la santé humaine alimente la controverse.

@primonatura@mstdn.social
2025-05-30 13:00:31

"Fund for nature-friendly farming to be slashed in UK spending review"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Farming #Agriculture

Fund for nature-friendly farming to be slashed in UK spending review
Exclusive: Defra sources say scheme, which pays farmers to protect nature, will be targeted at ‘small farms’