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California is the breadbasket of the country, I don't recall what I have eaten that was grown out of state other than Cranberries(Oregon), Potatoes(Oregon)
California is NOT the breadbasket of the U.S..Google " Breadbasket of the U.S." and you will see that California is not even mentioned
Georgia is the number 1 producer of Peanuts,Poultry,
Iowa #1 corn producer with Indiana ,and Illinois.Remember General Mills,Post,Kellog are all in the Midwest
Alright.....back to the conversation before rebelwoman ruined the mood...
I think the question itself should be altered, because it is asking if the nation would be alright without one city on the east coast, and a state that covers 75% of the west coast.
The question should be changed to either 1 of 2:
1) Will the USA "make it" without California and the BosWash Megopolis? (because the entire east coast from Maine to Virginia is roughly the size of California, with even more influence and population)
or,
2) Will the USA "make it" without Los Angeles and New York City?
For me, i think the answer to 1) is no, but the answer to 2) is yes.
^Ok we get it. Obviously you can grow pretty much anything, anywhere in the U.S. But you can't deny that the U.S. would lose so much if California's San Joaquin Valley was lost. The largest cotton farm on the planet is located there (40,000 acres). As of 2008, there were about 25 million acres for farming in California and it ranked first in the United States for fruit production, vegetable production, tree nuts and 2nd in the U.S. for rice. This is opposed to 10 million acres of agriculture in Georgia. True, Georgia is the top exporter in the country for poultry and peanuts, but with soybeans, another one of it's top 5 exports, it only ranks 23rd. In total, California ranks 1st with almost 13 billion dollars in exported food product and Georgia ranks 19th with only about 2 billion dollars worth. Sorry but the facts are there and Georgia, and even some of the surrounding states, are simply not big enough to pick up the slack of CA.
^Ok we get it. Obviously you can grow pretty much anything, anywhere in the U.S. But you can't deny that the U.S. would lose so much if California's San Joaquin Valley was lost. The largest cotton farm on the planet is located there (40,000 acres). As of 2008, there were about 25 million acres for farming in California and it ranked first in the United States for fruit production, vegetable production, tree nuts and 2nd in the U.S. for rice. This is opposed to 10 million acres of agriculture in Georgia. True, Georgia is the top exporter in the country for poultry and peanuts, but with soybeans, another one of it's top 5 exports, it only ranks 23rd. In total, California ranks 1st with almost 13 billion dollars in exported food product and Georgia ranks 19th with only about 2 billion dollars worth. Sorry but the facts are there and Georgia, and even some of the surrounding states, are simply not big enough to pick up the slack of CA.
O..K...and land is how hard to confiscate or buy? Crops are how hard to plant?Land is how available in the U.S? I'll give credit where credit is due, California is a beast in terms of agriculture, but don't act like it can't be replaced to a large extent. Just because it ranks 1st and produces the most does not mean it's the only place that can, it just means that it's the only place that does right now.
O..K...and land is how hard to confiscate or buy? Crops are how hard to plant? Land is how available in the U.S. I'll give credit where credit is due, California is a beast in terms of agriculture, but don't think that it can't be replaced to a large extent.
I was actually trying to set afonega straight. The way he posted his second to last post was as if California was nothing in terms of agriculture and somehow Georgia was like a cornucopia or something.
I was actually trying to set afonega straight. The way he posted his second to last post was as if California was nothing in terms of agriculture and somehow Georgia was like a cornucopia or something.
Well I do know that Louisiana, Florida, and maybe Georgia sit right under California in terms of the variety of food grown/raised, just not in shear numbers.
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