Food Prices Are Soaring Faster Than Inflation and Incomes

Re:Food Prices Are Soaring Faster Than Inflation and Incomes by Glawen on Monday March 08, 2021 @06:00AM (#26384395)

I knew backpacking was a thing, but I thought it was quite confidential. I didn't know that the farmers heavily relied on them to harvest

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Re:Food Prices Are Soaring Faster Than Inflation and Incomes by elyobo on Monday March 08, 2021 @06:09AM (#26384455)

Not sure that we're operating on the same definition of "backpacking" here, it's just low cost travel[1]. On certain visas in Australia you can extend the duration by working in a specified area[2], which is where that form of travel intersects with the food production issues.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backpacking_(travel) [2] https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-li...

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Re:Food Prices Are Soaring Faster Than Inflation and Incomes by bpcpdx on Monday March 08, 2021 @03:44PM (#26391257)

I strongly suspect that it might be their flavor of our "traditional" migrant workers that involved some temporary work visa.

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