sign of the times?

If you're reading this on a tiny phone screen, and can't see the notice above the kale and the zucchini, it says "We are hiring summer field crew.  Ask me."  I don't recollect ever seeing such a sign before - which doesn't mean that people haven't advertised for workers in this way, and I just haven't seen it.  On the other hand, it does rather mesh with anxiety after voiced anxiety about whether field laborers are in danger of being icily kidnapped.  And beyond that: it was sobering to be reminded how many stalls accept SNAP benefits, and to wonder whether the reduction in these will also impact farmers.  New Mexico has the highest percentage of any state's population on SNAP (and, for that matter, on Medicaid). It's estimated that 58,180 people - that's 13% of 463,000 SNAP recipients - will lose their food benefits (and that's not counting those who, as with Medicaid, get tangled up trying to fill out all the relevant paperwork).  In case you're wondering, the beet leaves that I sautéed with young onion and garlic (not pictured, though the garlic was from this very stall) were very tasty - but I want to think of people who need the work to be paid for harvesting them, and anyone who wants to enjoy eating them to be able to do so.