Posted on 11/02/2019 8:08:49 AM PDT by null and void
Worth going to the link, there are a couple good graphics that wouldn't import gracefully..
It looks like Brainerd, MN is a major hub.
Why?
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.
Bump
A pictorial homage to the invisible hand.
A boycott of California produce?
You obviously know nothing about agriculture in California and believe all the stereotypes about the state so rampant around here.
WHAT does the ‘food (corn) to fuel’ supply chain look like?
Thanks to the prof for telling the Deep State / terrorists what to attack.
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. :)
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.
Perhaps a convenient Central transportation distance areas of production
This article only hints at a small sliver of the corn path:
For example, the map shows how a shipment of corn starts at a farm in Illinois, travels to a grain elevator in Iowa before heading to a feedlot in Kansas, and then travels in animal products being sent to grocery stores in Chicago.
One problem I see with the map is it doesn’t show any traffic from Southern California along I-10/I-20 corridor to the east coast. I drive it every now and then from DFW to Phoenix and back and can tell you it’s solid 18 wheelers both ways. And, if your not willing to run 80~85 mph better drive on the service road....
“You obviously know nothing about agriculture in California and believe all the stereotypes about the state so rampant around here.”
Your comment is completely unfair. null and void is asking the same question I am and I have zero stereotypes about California and know quite a bit about agriculture in California. I too was surprised to see that LA County - which has seriously fallen from its agricultural heyday ( https://la.curbed.com/2016/4/7/11385560/los-angeles-agricultural-history-urban-farming ) is exporting as much in food products as it is. I wondered if it was from aggregate massing of outside LA products - in other words, LA is a transportation hub and the food products are grown outside of the county.
After all LA County only has 2.2 percent of its land devoted to just over 1,000 farms. Fifty years ago it was over 20 percent. http://www.laalmanac.com/agriculture/ag02.php
null and void is right to be perplexed.
The Omnivores Dilemma is a great read. Also a bit is a reality check for the liberal that wrote it.
I loved the last chapter on natural farming, it showed the invisible Hand quite well.
Brainerd, MN — Winter wheat
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.
I suspect a lot of that truck traffic is moving imports from the Ports of LA and Long Beach. That’s a lot of freight, but I’ll bet hardly any of it involves food products.
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.
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