[NoRagrets]

It’s not a cultural thing. It happens here too. Someone created something like this to track strawberry pickers and their ‘productivity’.

Remember they are not even paid minimum wage by the hour. They are paid by how many punnets they pick. And this founder thought it was a great idea.

American Ag is more exploitative than any third world/developing country because the really desperate work here. It is sorely in need of automation.

Nobody wants to actually invest in Ag automation..not really…there is a lot of BS floating but everything grown locally and on our shelves relies on low paid manual labour.

I wish.. so very much..that Americans see how their food is grown.

[_DeadFred_]

I grew up in Santa Cruz county. I went to school with field workers' kids. I don't know about the ones that were migrants as we didn't keep in touch, but the ones I went to school with year after year almost all went military then college. None went on to be field workers. American ag might suck, but like you said it at least comes with something more, some future hope, if only for your kids.