one of the main things that bugged me about that episode is that the show was making this argument about "loss of American jobs" re Harmoni/CR, and never mentioned that actually, Christopher Ranch grows garlic, and they employ a significant number of workers, other California garlic growers also employ a significant number of workers -- more than the New Mexico people or similar farmers with really small operations. .... I remember the initial Chinese garlic dumping period, actually, I think it was my freshman or sophomore year in college, and my mom was alternately stressed out about how much this was financially hurting her employers (not CR at the time), but she would then reassure me that even if it continued to be really bad, she would come up with the money to pay for me to finish 4 years and graduate (though they couldn't afford for me to take any longer than 4 years, lol).
― sarahell, Friday, 18 October 2019 18:21 (four years ago) link