The reason is simple: an increase in immigration enforcement, including high-profile ICE raids, shook Texas farm workers to their core. The news filtered fast that workers—regardless of legal status—chose safety over a salary.

Farmers, who had been working with their crews for decades, described the loss as “devastating” and “unprecedented.” This is alarming as most farms are founded upon immigrant labor, both legal and illegal, creating a domino effect for the food system as a whole.

. . . When farm workers vanish, the effects are felt far beyond the fields. Livestock is untended, crops go unpicked, food production declines, and food prices dramatically increase. In Texas alone, where specialty vegetables and fruits must be hand-picked, worker shortages jeopardize entire harvest seasons.

This results in fewer foods on grocery store shelves, higher prices for families nationwide, and a greater reliance on imports. Threads on Reddit and YouTube are already predicting price hikes and empty produce shelves.

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[–] flandish@lemmy.world 0 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

sigh. you think lemmy is a good forum for expounding ideas? your entire reply “vibe” seemed like you just wanted to hear an idea and shoot it down. just to shoot it down. i’m not falling into that rabbit hole. if you opened a little softer things may have been different.

meet me at the pub over a few guinness and I’ll be happy do spitball ideas. Like I already do in real life.

[–] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 0 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Dude I opened with kid gloves and threw you a soft slow ball.

Do is a favor and stop pretending to be part of our movement you're making us look bad.

[–] flandish@lemmy.world 0 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

show me an example of what a hit reply would have looked like to you? co-ops, farms, syndicalism… not hit enough? Did you need me to explain how toothbrushes would work?

basically i never claimed to have cogent large scale answers. you seem like that offended you or you are poking in bad faith. I feel instead you should be asking “leading” questions meant to inspire constructive thoughts on the matter.

i’m done with this thread. Enjoy your day.

[–] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

It didn't hit enough, definitely said so, and if you bothered to read anything I told you exactly why those wouldn't work.

I'm not exactly keen on taking advice from you on much of anything, frankly, because you don't think things through or, you know, observe.