Sarah Taber
@sarahtaber.bsky.social
Small farmer, ex-farm worker, crop scientist. Here to talk food, farms, & money.
https://www.youtube.com/@FarmToTaber
https://www.youtube.com/@FarmToTaber
There's a min wage that's keyed to how much it would take to hire US workers for the same job (adverse effect wage rate, AEWR).
So in theory this is how much H2A workers get paid. And it's how much contractors charge farmers to rent H2A workers.
Plus fees for housing, food, transport, etc.
So in theory this is how much H2A workers get paid. And it's how much contractors charge farmers to rent H2A workers.
Plus fees for housing, food, transport, etc.
January 28, 2026 at 6:50 PM
There's a min wage that's keyed to how much it would take to hire US workers for the same job (adverse effect wage rate, AEWR).
So in theory this is how much H2A workers get paid. And it's how much contractors charge farmers to rent H2A workers.
Plus fees for housing, food, transport, etc.
So in theory this is how much H2A workers get paid. And it's how much contractors charge farmers to rent H2A workers.
Plus fees for housing, food, transport, etc.
anybody happen to be a lawyer practicing in NC who can do a contract review real quick
asking for a friend
asking for a friend
January 28, 2026 at 6:01 PM
anybody happen to be a lawyer practicing in NC who can do a contract review real quick
asking for a friend
asking for a friend
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Both threads are a good read, and highlights exactly why Dems in the 00s were right to refuse to create a residency status that explicitly barred citizenship. People who live in the US and is aren't citizens are easier to control and exploit because they have fewer options.
THREAD
H2A guest worker visas are finally a big enough program that farmers are ready to switch to that instead of undoc'd workers.
That's why they're rounding up undoc'd people.
Farms don't really need them anymore, & they're "too hard to control."
That hasn't changed!
H2A guest worker visas are finally a big enough program that farmers are ready to switch to that instead of undoc'd workers.
That's why they're rounding up undoc'd people.
Farms don't really need them anymore, & they're "too hard to control."
That hasn't changed!
I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
January 28, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Both threads are a good read, and highlights exactly why Dems in the 00s were right to refuse to create a residency status that explicitly barred citizenship. People who live in the US and is aren't citizens are easier to control and exploit because they have fewer options.
It was also an excuse to drop the H2A minimum wage by $1-3/hr
which historically has been hard to do bc that min wage *exists to keep H2A workers from competing w US labor*
www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/...
which historically has been hard to do bc that min wage *exists to keep H2A workers from competing w US labor*
www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/...
January 28, 2026 at 5:59 PM
It was also an excuse to drop the H2A minimum wage by $1-3/hr
which historically has been hard to do bc that min wage *exists to keep H2A workers from competing w US labor*
www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/...
which historically has been hard to do bc that min wage *exists to keep H2A workers from competing w US labor*
www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/...
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The right is not, in fact, a blind blob of stupid hate acting at random.
The hatred has a funny way of being channeled into very specific policy objectives.
That we totally miss bc we keep buying the bullshit about how this is a "culture war" & we "just have to work on messaging."
The hatred has a funny way of being channeled into very specific policy objectives.
That we totally miss bc we keep buying the bullshit about how this is a "culture war" & we "just have to work on messaging."
January 28, 2026 at 1:41 PM
The right is not, in fact, a blind blob of stupid hate acting at random.
The hatred has a funny way of being channeled into very specific policy objectives.
That we totally miss bc we keep buying the bullshit about how this is a "culture war" & we "just have to work on messaging."
The hatred has a funny way of being channeled into very specific policy objectives.
That we totally miss bc we keep buying the bullshit about how this is a "culture war" & we "just have to work on messaging."
THREAD
H2A guest worker visas are finally a big enough program that farmers are ready to switch to that instead of undoc'd workers.
That's why they're rounding up undoc'd people.
Farms don't really need them anymore, & they're "too hard to control."
That hasn't changed!
H2A guest worker visas are finally a big enough program that farmers are ready to switch to that instead of undoc'd workers.
That's why they're rounding up undoc'd people.
Farms don't really need them anymore, & they're "too hard to control."
That hasn't changed!
I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
Donald Trump Is Frightened
Trump wants to appear eager to minimize out-of-control clashes between government militias and protesters. But he doesn’t want to stop the things causing those clashes in the first place.
newrepublic.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:41 PM
THREAD
H2A guest worker visas are finally a big enough program that farmers are ready to switch to that instead of undoc'd workers.
That's why they're rounding up undoc'd people.
Farms don't really need them anymore, & they're "too hard to control."
That hasn't changed!
H2A guest worker visas are finally a big enough program that farmers are ready to switch to that instead of undoc'd workers.
That's why they're rounding up undoc'd people.
Farms don't really need them anymore, & they're "too hard to control."
That hasn't changed!
tired: flatten the curve
wired: make that ish go vertical baby. up and to the right. we're #1
wired: make that ish go vertical baby. up and to the right. we're #1
Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
January 28, 2026 at 1:05 PM
tired: flatten the curve
wired: make that ish go vertical baby. up and to the right. we're #1
wired: make that ish go vertical baby. up and to the right. we're #1
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Nothing has actually changed here, as near as I can tell. Maybe a few hundred fewer agents deploying to Maine and Iowa, but not significantly different.
January 28, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Nothing has actually changed here, as near as I can tell. Maybe a few hundred fewer agents deploying to Maine and Iowa, but not significantly different.
the girls are fightingggg
"Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen," Noem told a person who relayed her remarks to Axios.""
Anyone paying attentions - it's been President Miler calling the shots.
Now the vipers are going after each other. 🐍🐍🐍
Anyone paying attentions - it's been President Miler calling the shots.
Now the vipers are going after each other. 🐍🐍🐍
January 27, 2026 at 10:02 PM
the girls are fightingggg
GET 'ER DONE MINNESOTA
ICE/CBP is about to roll up to some other city & will be mad as hell when they get there
look alive everybody o7
ICE/CBP is about to roll up to some other city & will be mad as hell when they get there
look alive everybody o7
![01/26/2026 15:27:26[TWT]
Priscilla Alvarez
@priscialva
BREAKING: Top Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino and some of his
agents are expected to leave Minneapolis and return to their respective
sectors, sources tell me, @KristenhCNN + @kaitlancollins.
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January 27, 2026 at 12:04 AM
GET 'ER DONE MINNESOTA
ICE/CBP is about to roll up to some other city & will be mad as hell when they get there
look alive everybody o7
ICE/CBP is about to roll up to some other city & will be mad as hell when they get there
look alive everybody o7
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It’s cold comfort right now but, if past is prologue, spectacles of violence committed by the state against sympathetic civilians—especially when captured on camera—were the beginning of the end for Bull Connor and Jim Crow, too.
January 14, 2026 at 1:46 AM
It’s cold comfort right now but, if past is prologue, spectacles of violence committed by the state against sympathetic civilians—especially when captured on camera—were the beginning of the end for Bull Connor and Jim Crow, too.
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New poll from Navigator also with an incredible result; the largest drop in support for ICE since June was actually among *Republicans*, 25% of which now say they have an unfavorable opinion of the agency.
January 16, 2026 at 4:35 AM
January 26, 2026 at 1:38 AM
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HEY MEDIA: I think when pro sports teams are holding memorials for the people the administration has declared terrorists, it’s safe to drop the “accounts differ” pretense and move on to “the administration attempts to smear the man it murdered”
January 25, 2026 at 11:14 PM
HEY MEDIA: I think when pro sports teams are holding memorials for the people the administration has declared terrorists, it’s safe to drop the “accounts differ” pretense and move on to “the administration attempts to smear the man it murdered”
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the peak of bluesky is the QT of this complaining that the donuts aren’t “from a local place”
Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
January 25, 2026 at 11:41 PM
the peak of bluesky is the QT of this complaining that the donuts aren’t “from a local place”
Meaty explainer videos are such a fun kind of social media to make.
Because by the time you make it & post it, it ain't the news anymore!
Anyway, for everyone wondering why farmers keep voting for Trump despite all the ::gestures broadly::
The answer is free government money.
Because by the time you make it & post it, it ain't the news anymore!
Anyway, for everyone wondering why farmers keep voting for Trump despite all the ::gestures broadly::
The answer is free government money.
Why Farmers Voted For Trump: Free Government Money
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
youtu.be
January 25, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Meaty explainer videos are such a fun kind of social media to make.
Because by the time you make it & post it, it ain't the news anymore!
Anyway, for everyone wondering why farmers keep voting for Trump despite all the ::gestures broadly::
The answer is free government money.
Because by the time you make it & post it, it ain't the news anymore!
Anyway, for everyone wondering why farmers keep voting for Trump despite all the ::gestures broadly::
The answer is free government money.
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Former hotel person here: You want the franchises, the owners, and the management companies. Sometimes those are the same but often times those are three separate companies. Typically it's the management company making the call with the franchise saying if they approve of said call. (cont)
Do we know what hotel chains are hosting ICE & CBP in Minneapolis?
It's wild that business schools don't teach "There are still people who don't buy Volkswagons bc of World War 2."
But there's no time like the present for a refresher, I guess.
It's wild that business schools don't teach "There are still people who don't buy Volkswagons bc of World War 2."
But there's no time like the present for a refresher, I guess.
January 25, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Former hotel person here: You want the franchises, the owners, and the management companies. Sometimes those are the same but often times those are three separate companies. Typically it's the management company making the call with the franchise saying if they approve of said call. (cont)
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Hilton Customer Service/Corporate Contact: 888-446-6677
Do we know what hotel chains are hosting ICE & CBP in Minneapolis?
It's wild that business schools don't teach "There are still people who don't buy Volkswagons bc of World War 2."
But there's no time like the present for a refresher, I guess.
It's wild that business schools don't teach "There are still people who don't buy Volkswagons bc of World War 2."
But there's no time like the present for a refresher, I guess.
January 25, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Hilton Customer Service/Corporate Contact: 888-446-6677
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🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug
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A BUSY, BUSY ICE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION
with apologies to Richard Scarry
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Brought to you by the rough and ready Inner Hive, including long-time member Brady Marsh and new member SquirrelSaver7. ( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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A BUSY, BUSY ICE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION
with apologies to Richard Scarry
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Brought to you by the rough and ready Inner Hive, including long-time member Brady Marsh and new member SquirrelSaver7. ( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
January 15, 2026 at 4:03 PM
🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug
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A BUSY, BUSY ICE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION
with apologies to Richard Scarry
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Brought to you by the rough and ready Inner Hive, including long-time member Brady Marsh and new member SquirrelSaver7. ( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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A BUSY, BUSY ICE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION
with apologies to Richard Scarry
-
Brought to you by the rough and ready Inner Hive, including long-time member Brady Marsh and new member SquirrelSaver7. ( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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“Abolish ICE” isn’t even the center position anymore, it’s the center-right position.
YouGov is out with a new poll after ICE killed another person in Minnesota today. Abolishing ICE is now +5 among all adults, and **+12 among independents**
substack.com/@gelliottmor...
substack.com/@gelliottmor...
January 25, 2026 at 3:25 AM
“Abolish ICE” isn’t even the center position anymore, it’s the center-right position.
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
Do we know what hotel chains are hosting ICE & CBP in Minneapolis?
It's wild that business schools don't teach "There are still people who don't buy Volkswagons bc of World War 2."
But there's no time like the present for a refresher, I guess.
It's wild that business schools don't teach "There are still people who don't buy Volkswagons bc of World War 2."
But there's no time like the present for a refresher, I guess.
January 25, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Do we know what hotel chains are hosting ICE & CBP in Minneapolis?
It's wild that business schools don't teach "There are still people who don't buy Volkswagons bc of World War 2."
But there's no time like the present for a refresher, I guess.
It's wild that business schools don't teach "There are still people who don't buy Volkswagons bc of World War 2."
But there's no time like the present for a refresher, I guess.
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You all know I’m their biggest critic. Credit to @nytimes.com for reporting the truth and not the criminal regime’s lies this time. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/us...
January 25, 2026 at 2:42 AM
You all know I’m their biggest critic. Credit to @nytimes.com for reporting the truth and not the criminal regime’s lies this time. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/us...
to be fair this is Raleigh, so statistically ~20-40% of the drivers in this photo are recent transplants from New Jersey
turns out NOBODY'S good at winter driving in the absence of snowplows, salt, or sand
turns out NOBODY'S good at winter driving in the absence of snowplows, salt, or sand
I remember when this photo was taken. Winter weather in the south is always interesting.
January 23, 2026 at 6:28 PM
to be fair this is Raleigh, so statistically ~20-40% of the drivers in this photo are recent transplants from New Jersey
turns out NOBODY'S good at winter driving in the absence of snowplows, salt, or sand
turns out NOBODY'S good at winter driving in the absence of snowplows, salt, or sand