My SIL buys grapes for a major winery in N Cal. She works closely with farmers in the northern coast counties in California.
She says they have to make sure that the grape are harvested before pot harvesting begins. Pot harvesting pays better for the migrantfarm workers.
The pot farmers squat on federal and state land and on private property. They have their own private “armies” and terrorize the local residents. They not only divert rivers, but also steal water from the legitimate farmers. Those farmers are still charged for the water usage.
When pot harvest is over, they leave all of the trash from the camps for state officials and private residents to clean up. It is a huge disaster. And it costs us a lot of money.
All in all it is a dangerous, expensive and destructive situation.
Making pot legal would change what part of that? It is a profitable model now. And how is pot not legal as things stand?
It seems like private contractors could be hired to search for these fields.
With a proper reward system in place, hunting for pot plants could be a nice hobby for some individuals, and a lucrative business for small companies.
Just wow. The CA National Guard should be able to clean this garbage up quickly.