Planet Money did a good podcast on this topic recently. I learned that it's hard to follow CDC guidelines when you're sleeping 20 in a garage and there's only enough water to shower every few days.
It's kinda crazy that we can produce all these water-intensive crops in the central valley, and producers are draining aquifers for basically the cost of drilling and pumping ... but workers can't afford to shower regularly or wash their hands often. Somehow I don't think the farms that own the wells and the workers are paying at comparable rates.
abeppu|6 years ago