Didn't do a lot again today. It was another beautiful day so we spend some time outside, but mostly at the campground.
In the morning Kathy needed to go get her glasses fixed so we went to Walmart for that, took forever to get the right person. Took the right person less than 5 minutes to do the repair. Then we went over to Meijer to pick up a few things. On the way out I took a different route, a road that wasn't in existence when we lived here, and we came up on this
Its a 2.2 million square foot hydroponics setup to grow tomatoes and cucumbers.
Next door is a 1.7 million square foot facility to grow peppers.
And a 13KW natural gas fired generating station that provides steam to heat the greenhouses.
The parent company for the greenhouses is Mastronardi Produce, a Canadian company. The generating station is owned by the city of Coldwater.
This facility is down the road a couple of miles from the campground.
While doing some surfing to find information on the facility I hit on the YouTube video about the generating station. It has great photos of the greenhouse facility.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VUB3FC_W2w
Another thing that struck me as we drove around is the incredible number of small business in the area. I noted in an earlier post that the county population hasn't grown much in the past 50 years. I don't know where the businesses find workers. I think it is a huge problem. Two years ago my brother shut down his 35 year concrete construction company because he was tired of trying to find people who would work. He went to work, as a Field Manager, for a larger general construction company. He still has the same headache, he can't find anyone who wants to work, not even unskilled people who want to work. Why work when Sugar Daddy Uncle Sam (scumbag politicians) are handing out so many goodies that you don't have to work?
When Michigan's Governor shut the state down Branch County's unemployment rate skyrocketed from 3.3% in December 2019 (everybody willing to work had a job) to 23.0% in April 2020. By June 2020 unemployment had decreased to 12.2%. Still, 12/2% unemployment and the company my brother works for can't find workers. Is there anyone but the self serving politicians who refuses to admit that all the COVID welfare, funded with debt piled on our children, is rewarding people for not working?
PS. We have seen help wanted signs at many places.
God is good, and I know that He is in control, but it scares me a little to think where the US is headed. May He bless you and yours.
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