Farming Below Minimum Wage (MFB 59)

Farm Small Farm Smart by The Modern Grower Podcast Network

Sep 3, 202620:22Science & Medicine

Do you know how much labor goes into growing that bed of lettuce? Not just the planting and harvesting, the weeding, the washing, the selling, too? If you don't know your numbers, you might be in danger of farming below...

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