Agriculture and California's vaccination priority/roll out list

[mcfarms]

COVID-Related Labour Shortages Hit Farmers Hard

Labour shortages as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic cost Canadian farmers $2.9 billion in 2020, equivalent to 4.2% of the sector’s total sales, according to a new study commissioned by the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council (CAHRC), says a story from Syngenta.

“This research emphasizes the importance of understanding how COVID-19 has affected the agriculture workforce.” said Portia MacDonald-Dewhirst, Executive Director of CAHRC.

While the agricultural sector saw a gross domestic product (GDP) increase of 7% in 2020, it masked the sector’s worsening labour shortages. In fact, two in five employers surveyed as part of the study reported not being able to find all the workers that they needed.


It's a shame when someone posts something in support of their industry someone else in the same industry has to argue with them based on their politics.

[foragefarmer]

The variety of crops grown in Western Canada and considering how many acres are involved are not even comparable to the vast amount of variety in California.


Google answers that question quickly.

The average employment of hired workers in California agriculture (NAICS 11) rose over 10% between 2005 and 2015, when some 16,400 agricultural establishments hired an average 421,300 workers.


The Agriculture Sector in Canada. Agriculture is an important sector of Canada’s economy. As of 2018, there were 269,000 jobs in farming.

[jazz]

I guess the world needs lettuce and almonds more than it needs bread.

How many people does Canada feed per capita vs California? You can make a lot of loaves of bread and pasta out of a bushel of wheat.

Calculate the caloric density of pasta and bread vs broccoli.

Its called a pandemic for a reason. Your bespoke wines should come after your belly is full.

Just more political posturing because the vegetable picker demographic is largely new immigrant or visa worker.

[shtferbrains]

All it says is Canadian farmers are having trouble finding workers?

What's changed?

What has it got to do with the pandemic?