@raptureboi have you tried to find farm workers in Ontario??? Locals aren't willing to work for what the farmers can afford to pay... So they hire migrant workers. People who are willing to leave their familes for the summer, to go work in another country for less than minimum wage. And spend their paychecks here, shipping things back to their homelands because they can't find these simple pleasures there.... I consider that something to be proud of... just sayin'
@ThePitalover To add to your point: The food you buy in the grocery store is often shipped from another country at a price that makes it nearly impossible for farmers here to compete. The people who come here to work get paid a lot more than the ones who are picking the fruits and veggies that you buy in the grocery store when this is the case.
@raptureboi have you tried to find farm workers in Ontario??? Locals aren't willing to work for what the farmers can afford to pay... So they hire migrant workers. People who are willing to leave their familes for the summer, to go work in another country for less than minimum wage. And spend their paychecks here, shipping things back to their homelands because they can't find these simple pleasures there.... I consider that something to be proud of... just sayin'
ThePitalover 6 months ago
@ThePitalover To add to your point: The food you buy in the grocery store is often shipped from another country at a price that makes it nearly impossible for farmers here to compete. The people who come here to work get paid a lot more than the ones who are picking the fruits and veggies that you buy in the grocery store when this is the case.
mtaj1981 6 months ago
You even use cheap labour from other countries to harvest your crops....Not something to be proud of.
raptureboi 6 months ago
I just stopped at the farmer's market yesterday on my way through & picked up some carrots, lettuce & radishes. Yum!
krigek 6 months ago