California Democrats have increased regulatory costs to grow lettuce 1,400% New data shows groceries are getting more expensive is because farming is getting more expensive A Cal Poly study tracked the regulatory costs of a California lettuce farm - In 2006, it was $109 an acre - Today, it's more than $1,600 an acre - That's a 1,400% increase in regulatory costs I looked more into this and it’s absolutely correct The study tracked a large scale commercial lettuce grower in the Salinas Valley across 2006, 2017, and 2024 2006: Regulatory compliance costs = $109.15 per acre (about 1.26% of total production costs) 2017: Rose to $977 per acre (795% increase from 2006; 8.9% of production costs) 2024: $1,600+ per acre (63.7% increase from 2017; 1,366% overall increase since 2006; now 12.6% of total production costs). The state produces 70% of US lettuce “That dramatic rise has come from layer upon layer of regulation, nearly two dozen of them related to food safety, air and water quality, worker health and safety, and wages.” California needs to vote Red and stop with all these insane revaluations

🚨 “Utah is planning on taking water away from farmers and ranchers right now” “They are currently writing new legislation that is going to put new regulations on farmers and ranchers water use — We need your help. We need to save the farmers and ranchers” “The verbiage in the bill is that they are going to require them to use less water, water that has been already granted to them from generations past, or they're going to require them to use more water saving technologies. But who is going to pay for that? It sure as hell isn't going to be the legislators, it's not going to be the senators, it's not going to be the governor. It's going to be the taxpayers and the farmers and ranchers who are going to have to equip for this. So right now we need your help. We need you to call all of the state senators, we need to call all the city offices, we need to send as many emails as we possibly can. Leave the farmers out of this bill. There should be no reason that they're included in this whatsoever —- So if you guys can please make the calls, please send the emails. We need your help.” ‘The Utah farmers and ranchers truly need your help. We barely have enough water as it is to raise our crops to feed and grow our animals. If there is any more regulation, we will lose more and more and more of our family farms and ranches. They will not be able to survive this. This is just a stepping stone and if it happens in one place, it will continue to happen all across the nation please if you can share with your family and friends please leave your comments below. We need your help.”