[null and void]

Short of Soylent Green, how does LA county export more food than it imports, hmmm?

Worth going to the link, there are a couple good graphics that wouldn't import gracefully..

[grey_whiskers]

It looks like Brainerd, MN is a major hub.
Why?

[rktman]

Well, at mickyD’s place yesterday, I was reminded(via mat in plastic tray) that half of the veggies in the US come from kali and 2/3 of the fruits and nutz(?) come from kali. Just think how awesome it would be if the state wasn’t oppressed by libs.

[foreverfree]

Bump

[gloryblaze]

A pictorial homage to the invisible hand.

[SoCal Pubbie]

You obviously know nothing about agriculture in California and believe all the stereotypes about the state so rampant around here.

[_Jim]

WHAT does the ‘food (corn) to fuel’ supply chain look like?

[grey_whiskers]

Thanks to the prof for telling the Deep State / terrorists what to attack.

[Openurmind]

This is pretty cool! It brings reality into perspective. Foods don’t just grow prepackaged in the back storeroom of the grocery store like our newest generation thinks. :)

[Boomer]

Food for thought.

I travel through much of the farm land of Cali on a yearly basis and have known it’s a key source for many of America’s produce and meats but I didn’t realize it was quite so extensive.

I guess when Cali secedes we will have to make sure those key growing areas stay in America. They can have L.A. and the Bay Area; the rest we keep.

[Cedar]

For centuries people got their food from their own backyard/land, growing their own veggies, curing their meat, fresh milk and eggs.

Kind of sad things changed. Those skills are now lost to most people. Food is big business, travels across the country so not as fresh, and prices keep getting higher.

[Night Hides Not]

A bit O/T, but California still produces 90% of the nation’s wine. By comparison, Texas has had enormous growth over the past decade, and just passed 400 in wineries in the state. California has nearly 8000 wineries.

[x]

A lot of food, like out of season fruit, comes into California by sea. The map doesn’t show offshore maritime routes, like the ones leading to Buffalo by the Great Lakes.

[bigbob]

would be interested in reading but their graphics aren’t worth a s#it.

[jrestrepo]

I do everything I can to avoid buying anything made in California.

[Pollard]

[mosesdapoet]

Significant post.
The consolidation of suppliers and food processors (canneries etc) explains why the local grocery store has disappeared along with local processors. Much of that was due to local, state, and fed regulations, enforced on those locals most often claiming protection not of the consumer but of big money donors.

[VTenigma]

Un-possible, what a bunch of made up malarkey. Everyone knows food come from the supermarket.

[RedMonqey]

"At over 17 million tons of food, Los Angeles County received more food than any other county in 2012, our study year. It shipped out even more: 22 million tons."

I read this, too. Hmmmmm. Even when L.A.County was mostly rural this would be impossible. Makes one think critically about their 'methods"

No doubt recent graduates of our public schools system...

[GOPJ]

I don’t believe in classifying endless stuff, but I would have this study classified.... Too detailed and easy for an enemy to use.

[Truthoverpower]

New Jersey. The garden state