[quote=bearishgurl]I understand all this, brian, and, having traveled throughout the western and southern portion of the US, I actually take for granted the wide variety of fresh produce at reasonable prices available to residents of Cali and know why they are “reasonable.”
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Other studies say labor is 10-30% depending on the produce. I seem to recall grapes being one of the more intensive ones at 30% level. So basically, doubling the wages of farm workers to $18/hr would drive the cost of a pound of grapes from $2.99/lb to $3.99/lb. And honestly, I suspect we’ll still have loss leader grapes in the store at 88 cents/lb.
Both political parties need to be ashamed of themselves in that in the 30 years starting with Reagan they have failed to address the issue.
