Every day I find a brand-new little horror that's been happening in US agriculture. After a lifetime of collecting ag horrors. ok throw it on the video essay pile with the other 200 that are waiting I guess
Anyway here's today's fresh horror! I think you will like it!
The US is becoming a net importer of food.
Which is wild, because the US has probably the most high-quality farmland per person of any country on the planet. WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE FOLKS???
@sarahtaber
Consumer food group
".value of U.S. agricultural imports grew by a compounded annual growth rate of 5.8 percent from fiscal years 2013 to 2023. In most years, at least half the value of U.S. agricultural imports was in horticultural products—a broad category including fruits, vegetables, spirits, wine, essential oils, tree nuts, and nursery stock. Growth in demand for horticultural products has been driven by consumer desire for a year-round supply, changing consumer preferences."
@yuhasz01 Yeah it's one thing for consumer preferences to change.
It's another for an entire country's worth of farmers to fail to keep up w change that's occurring slowly over a scale of decades.