[hedgetrimmer]

A person working in the field.

Yesterday they were flying mexican flags in a field off highway 1. I didn't notice in that case if the american flag was upside down, as I was driving and couldn't look closely.

However, many companies will not let their crews fly mexican flags in their fields at all. It is surpising that Tannimura & Antle has let them.

[Sabatier]

The big picture is that the US farms are hurting due to competition from the Chinese, who are taking over the export market in agriculture as well as everything else:

ttp://bernie.house.gov/documents/articles/2001-08-08-chinese_fruits.asp


Markets Dry Up for California Grower

As the operator of California's second-largest farm and
processing operation, Tanimura & Antle must contend with land
prices as high as $35,000 an acre, skyrocketing energy,
fertilizer and water costs and a work force of 2,700 whose
lowest-paid harvesters average $12 an hour plus benefits.
Though much of China's tilling and harvesting are done by hand,
the average worker makes less than $2 a day, and energy and
water costs are a fraction of those in the U.S.