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Who would have thought I would be eating - er, drinking Dandilions, yikes! Shortly before I moved from my home in Brampton, my neighbour begged me not to spray weed killer on the front lawn, his wife, he said was ill so he would go out and picked the Dandilions to use as medicine for her. My neighbour was great, he was one of the original Vietnamese boat people who loss everything in his old country and then risked his and his family's life to get to Canada. He worked hard and made a great life in the Canada. We would cut each other's lawn, mostly he would cut mine.
As I gathered my herbs and vegs together for my morning smoothie ritual I relished the lushness of the green Dandilion leaves I thought of my former neighbour. My mind then quickly shifted to the U.S. "undocumented workers". How much more would these vegitables cost if it were not for the cheap labour of the undocumented worker? Would it even be possible for me to readily purchase these vegitables and herbs I have now made part of my morning ritual? It is so easy to be self-righteous and pontificate about how much these workers "take away from the "hard working Americans". I say hogwash! I doubt if a real honest study has been done about the true value these folks who work in harsh conditions, low wages, no benefits and pay taxes and can never legally get much of the services provided to citizens and legal immigrants. Take the undocumented workers out of the equation and the economic ripple effect would be felt in unexpected places. Like me, who just got on to the smoothie bandwaggon and is loving it. It is loving me too because everywhere I go people who know me want to know what I'm doing, they want to know the secret why my skin look so bright and glowing. I have more energy, not feeling hungry much, can go the whole day with just a very light lunch and not tired and listless in the afternoons like I used to.
But back to the very contentious issue of the undocumented worker or "illegal alien" situation in the U.S. I have pretty much stopped watching most of the news programs on that side of the fence because the views expressed by some hosts, guests, including politians are just so toxic it is unhealthy to expose oneself continuously. Yet, one doesnt need to be Nate Silver to figure out that the agricultural sector of the economy and food security of the country would be greatly compromised without the abundance of "cheap" labour. Could there be a great conspiracy to keep the so called broken system in place? Just saying, eh.
Canada has a Guest Farm Worker Program which is not perfect but it seem to be working better these days than back 15 to 20 years ago. I cant wait for summer to get some homegrown herbs vegitables but it's seasonal so the reality is, I will always need U.S. and Mexican fresh produce in the off seasons. I will be paying keen attention as the debate over the future the the 12 plus million lives unfolds in the United States.
In the mean time, let me drink my herbs and vegitables to my good health.
Cheers,
MissSam
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