Originally Posted by skabone69

this problem will force innovation. it happened back in the 60s with tomato pickers. it happed after slavery ended with the cotton fields, and the cotton gin was invented. someone will find a way to make a machine that will do the work faster and cheaper that a human can. the only reason they use people is because its cheap now. give it 5 years and they will have machines out in the fields doing what people used to do. innovation is the American way, you over come challanges. The price of produce will not go up drastically, the thing that cost the most with produce is transportation cost. considering gas prices have dropped we shouldn't see a major change in produce.