1 October 2007 Tobacco Plant Growth
http://ehoht.notlong.com/ 1 October 2007 Tobacco Plant Growth.
The area in which I live is a tobacco growing area. Two plants were grown in my garden this year simply to study the cultivar. The plant flowers all summer and is quite attractive. When grown for tobacco the flower stem is normally cut off.
The seeds were started indoors and put into the garden about 24 May 2007. There are probably thousands of seeds produced by one plant, and they are very small.
Tobacco growing is being phased out by the Government, and the growers are changing to Ginseng in some cases.. The crop, which is labour intensive, is handled by temporaty migrant workers from, Mexico, Jamaica, and some other Carabbean countries. These are the modern day slaves, paid miniumn wage and generally have not many rights; in spite, of Politician's platitudes.
The Western World tobacco growers export tobacco products to China, and Japan, and any other country willing to take the product. It is harmful for our own people, but apparently not to other country's people?
I personally refer to tobacco as the "Indian's Revenge". The Europeans killed many Indians and the Indians introduced them to tobacco, which has killed more Europeans than Indians over the last 400 years.
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posted by Durgan @ 7:04 PM
3 Comments
3 Comments:
I am offended that you refer to migrant workers as modern day slaves. As a farmer in Niagara i personally employ 30 migrant workers. They are indespensable to are operation and are treated as any other of our farm labourers. They cherish the opportunity they have to come to Canada and return home far better off then if they had stsyed in Mexico. As an employer i would love to hire local help, but most Canadians are not willing to do this type of work. Before you make such comments speak to some of these so called modern day slaves. Im sure they will tell you that the opportunity to come and work here greatly improves the quality of life for them and their loved ones back home.
Please accept my apology. You obviously have concern for your workers. The snide comment was directed at those who don't.
These workers are silent, and they have few if any place to direct their greviences, and attempts to alleviate their concerns are stiffled.
Maybe you could direct me to a site that indicates the workers rights.
I suggest these workers are almost a forgotten army.
Durgan.
I love the term the indians revenge
Ilive in bristol england. some say it was built on slave and tobbaco
money! we now have many illegal migrant workers in the UK thanks to our country,s lax laws these are modern day slaves with no rights
marg
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