Society collectively needs to stop making excuses for awful behaviour.
There are BILLIONS of people around the world who grew up in suboptimal conditions and they don't use it as an excuse to be a criminal or degenerate.
Tolerance of evil isn't a virtue.
Farmers across California are warning that the Golden State’s agricultural heritage is facing growing pressure from rising costs, foreign imports, rapid development, and the steady loss of farmland.
Across California, more farmers are speaking out and encouraging residents to support California-grown products instead of relying heavily on food imported from overseas.
Many say the issue goes beyond economics.
Because once farmland disappears… it rarely comes back.
One California farmer put it simply:
“We can build more subdivisions. We can build more warehouses. But we can't replace productive farmland once it's paved over.”
California is known for its:
vegetable farms
strawberry fields
nut orchards
vineyards
cattle ranches
family farms
rural communities
and agricultural traditions that stretch back generations
From the vast farmland of the Central Valley… to the cattle ranches of Northern California… to the orchards, vineyards, and family farms scattered across the state…
Agriculture remains one of California’s most important industries and a major part of the state's identity.
But farmers say the challenges continue growing:
rising fuel costs
expensive equipment and supplies
competition from imported products
drought and extreme weather
water shortages and regulations
labor shortages
and development steadily consuming farmland
Many Californians now say protecting local agriculture means protecting:
farmland
family farms
water resources
rural communities
California-grown food
and future generations of California farmers
Because California’s farms don't just produce food.
They help preserve open space, support local economies, protect rural communities, and keep a piece of old California alive.
🌴 SUPPORT CALIFORNIA FARMERS.
🥬 BUY CALIFORNIA GROWN.
🚜 PROTECT CALIFORNIA FARMLAND.
Because once it's gone... it's gone.
The rigging of the LA Mayoral primary is obvious. Outrage should be independent of party, and that’s not what I’m seeing. What’s wrong with you Blue Team people? Do you not understand what it means? Snap out of it and stand up for your neighbors, your country and the West!
🚨 WARNING: California Assembly Advances AB 2646 — a bill that would impose a $19.75 minimum wage on the agricultural industry.
Right now, California farmers are operating on thinner margins than farmers during the Great Depression. Let that sink in.
Most family farms are already gone because of the endless rules and regulations coming out of Sacramento. Farmers are begging for relief, and instead of helping them, Democrats want to break their backs with yet another massive cost increase.
A recent Cal Poly study showed just how bad it’s gotten:
“Regulatory costs comprised just 1.24% of production costs in 2006, then rose to 8.9% in 2017, and are now calculated at 12.6% of production costs.”
For context, one lettuce grower saw their regulatory costs per acre explode from $109 in 2006 to $1,600 by the end of 2024 — while farm-gate prices for lettuce stayed mostly flat.
I represent the number one agricultural producing region in the world, and I will keep fighting for it every single day.
We need relief, not more regulation. That’s why I voted NO on AB 2646 and will work to kill this bill in the Senate
Why are grocery prices rising in California? One major reason: it’s becoming far more expensive to grow food.
A recent @CalPoly study found the regulatory costs of growing lettuce in California have increased nearly 1,400% in the last 20 years. Those rising costs don’t stay on the farm — they ripple through the food supply chain and eventually show up at the grocery store.
We need a more balanced regulatory approach.
The land under these panels will never be farmed again.
Potato growing associations nationwide will not buy potatoes grown on ex-solar sites.
Why?
The panels leach heavy metals, as well as drop glass shards and microplastics onto the soil below them.
In a mass commercial arrangement, vegetation below the panels is soaked in herbicides.
The fertile farmland is gone forever.
We have huge oil reserves in California, but our state policy is shutting it down.
California imports most of our oil from the Middle East. We should unleash our energy not undermine it.
They said Billionaires.
Page 26 says YOU.
Same trick as AB 130. Newsom promised no mileage tax. Page 137. Already signed.
Now page 26. Your house. Your 401k. No vote required.
Watch before they bury it 👇
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