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@ zeph
2025-02-12 16:38:40
I had a chance to listen and I’ll definitely tune in to this in future.
I grew up working agriculture jobs as a kid and teenager. My first actual job was picking strawberries. I was not great at it. I think I made about $1.64 per hour as a 12 y.o. Later I worked in orchards, picking a little but mostly planting and grafting.
Much later I worked at a wholesale and retail nursery that grew and sold fruit tree stock, herbs, berries, roses, rhododendrons and other landscaping plants. This was the most peaceful and enjoyable job I’ve ever had, but it was minimum wage and tough to make a go of it. I had to pay off debt and such so left for better paying jobs.
My extended family includes orchardists and farmers (apples, pears, peppers, alphalpha, hay).
I’m curious to check in with them all at the next family reunion, how things are looking with the political and possible technological shakeups.
Anyway, the topics you cover are interesting to me. Looking forward to hearing future conversations.