"Martin Casanova, founder of THX, a program that connects consumers with farmworkers, told Newsweek: "We are dangerously close to a breaking point. In 2022, an estimated 15 million tons of produce were left unharvested in the U.S. -- enough for 30 billion daily servings."
Like other farmers in the United States, dairy farmers rely on immigrant laborers from Mexico or Central America, many of them without authorization to work here. @asharpwriter.bsky.social reports for @barnraiser.bsky.social:
-- Sentient (@sentientmedia.org) April 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Which industries employ the most immigrant workers? (January 2025)
usafacts.org
... Which industries have the highest percentage of immigrants in their workforces?
The construction industry had the highest percentage of immigrant workers in 2023: an estimated 3.3 million, or 28.6% of all the people employed by that industry. ...
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