Press ganging folks into agricultural labor is a bold if legally and ethically questionable strategy to address homelessness, Tony. Certain parts of the country were trying this well into the 1800s but have all since scaled back their efforts. I do not think I support a revival of that approach at this time.
I picture more along the lines of the Garden of Eden, and hippies working in the garden while listening to Iron Butterfly, etc, and Carlos Santana. I picture giant gardens with people supplying food to our ghettos, and supplying food to places where food is needed, and also as supply is increased then the prices come down. And like Woody Guthrie, this land is your land, this land is my land. I picture formerly homeless people finding a Christian family working on a farm in Bakersfield, etc, and finding purpose and a second chance.
Dave Mustaine has his whole family out working in the Vineyards in Italy for his winery, and that is how it can be, people working with their families in the vineyards.
And everyone getting back to the garden, a garden is therapeutic.
It is all about attitude, and circumstances, etc. And they can have more Co Ops like Sunkist, etc.
It is better to have a home and to work in a garden than it is to be homeless on the sidewalk, and there can be community programs for the workers and for their families, including swimming pools, golf, tennis courts, bowling alleys, etc, libraries, etc.
And there is the United Farm Workers to protect the workers, and to help people to connect with jobs, etc.
And the Blacks need to learn how to hire Mexican farm workers, etc. There are new Black owned wineries now in Napa, etc, and they need to learn how to hire workers through the United Farm Workers, etc.
The farms can be places of love and community, it is all about creating a positive environment.
Salute,
Tony V.
