Japan Times: Immigration raids leave crops unharvested and California farms at risk

""OXNARD, California... In the fields, I would say 70% of the workers are gone," she said in an interview. "If 70% of your workforce doesn't show up, 70% of your crop doesn't get picked and can go bad in one day. Most Americans don't want to do this work. Most farmers here are barely breaking even. I fear this has created a tipping point where many will go bust.""

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/01/markets/immigration-raids-california-farms/

#VenturaCounty #agriculture #farms#ICE #economy #food #foodsupply

In the vast agricultural lands north of Los Angeles, two farmers, two field supervisors and four immigrant farmworkers have said that the ICE raids have led a majority of workers to stop showing up. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/01/markets/immigration-raids-california-farms/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #california #ice #immigration #agriculture #us #donaldtrump #republicans

Recent pressure on Japan by the United States to import more American rice, soybeans and maize is of special concern to Hokkaido. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/30/economy/rice-soybeans-concern/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #rice #tariffs #donaldtrump #hokkaido #agriculture

Quatre sénateurs directement liés à la #FNSEA, un ancien ministre de l’ #agriculture, onze exploitant·es agricoles en exercice ou à la retraite, un ancien directeur de l’agroalimentaire.

@mediapart s'est penché sur la composition de la commission mixte paritaire, qui se demain pour l’acte final de la #LoiDuplomb 👇

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/politique/290625/ces-elus-qui-vont-decider-de-l-acte-final-de-la-loi-duplomb?utm_source=global&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SharingApp&xtor=CS3-5

Hearing more reports from people I know of ICE chasing down farm workers in fields in Oxnard. This is all not very good, for countless reasons, but mostly for snatching hardworking citizens of this county for no reason but racists in the WH. #VenturaCounty#ICE #politics #agriculture

It's happening:
Denmark to convert 15% of farmland to forest to cut fertilizer use

"#Denmark [is] the first country to impose a #CarbonTax on #agriculture, [and] plans to plant one billion trees on farmland over the following 20 years.

Reducing emissions from agriculture, Denmark's largest source of greenhouse gases, has been a major hurdle for [achieving] a legally binding 2030 target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 70% from 1990 levels."

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/land-use-biodiversity/denmark-convert-15-farmland-forest-cut-fertilizer-use-2024-11-18/