Why The U.S. Isn’t Growing Enough Food

[@agya2042]

Stop subsidies for corporation and help our small farmers!🇺🇸

[@sparkysmalarkey]

Who are they going to sell to, they won't make near as much profit serving locals. That is how we got here in the first place, we would have to stop prioritizing profit and start accepting what we can get serving each other primarily. Do you think that is possible, I don't.

[@badbad-cat]

No. Learn to live the capitalist way

[@caysekhan5553]

@@badbad-cat Corporate welfare isn't capitalism.

[@someguy2135]

One more reason to boycott animal products. They would be much more expensive if it weren't for the massive subsidies for animal agriculture, including growing animal feed like corn and soybeans. Worldwide, almost 80% of soy is fed to farm animals and only about 7% of soy is consumed directly by humans. Plant based food products should be able to compete on a level playing field. That includes the fruit and vegetables mentioned in the video. There are many other reasons like climate change and deforestation.

[@armandoventura9043]

It's a bit difficult since many measures are seen as "communist", and it's better economically speaking for American businessmen to sell abroad anyway

[@KA9DSL]

John Deere isn't letting farmers repair their own farm equipment, that's one of the problems. Farmers losing money.

[@brbento]

Fight for the right to repair!

[@jasons2054]

Quite frankly most farmers cannot repair most modern farm machinery. It usually is a electronic issue that needs tools only the dealership techs have. Most farmers call out the dealership tech.

[@DuisteinAffe-qo4ie]

In the USA Deere now allows it, but it's long overdue.

[@notaforte]

Look at the USA map, the ice age is crawling south. They need to invest in green houses to control the climate

[@steven2183]

@@jasons2054 not to mention that many of the modern tractors are more complex than they need to be... just like the auto industry, I'd imagine they make most of their money on service and repair than actual sales.... planned obsolescence and dependency are baked in at the detriment of consumers... that people have to 'fight for the right to repair' their own property is absurd...

[@xiphoid2011]

I'm an immigrant from china. When I heard that the US government pays farmers NOT to grow crops, it just blew my mind. That's just ridiculous when prices of food is going up.

[@brodriguez11000]

Well the devil is always in the details. Growing food isn't like churning out cars even if they both have business in their name.

[@carolr7823]

You don't want farms growing too much of certain foods because the price of that crashes and then the farm goes bankrupt.

[@GIedits-vf7re]

@xiphoid2011 this ridiculous practice has been going on since the 1930s. Subsidy farming has always been a corporations game

[@jasons2054]

@@xiphoid2011 They used to to a point back in the 1980s and 1990s with the old farm program and deficiency payments. That program had wuite a few rules. The only program now (small grains and corn/soybeans) is prevent plant. If you are too wet or theoretically too dry and can't plant by a certain calendar date, you can get paid so much per acre depending on crop, yield history and location. You can plant afterwards but get a crop insurance penalty each day after the date. I would like to hear about these paid not to plant programs.

[@okamijubei]

Really? I thought Mao does something similar in the 1950s and 1960s which leads to a great famine

[@Fuqinidiots-eg7pr]

A big part of the problem is that everything in the US gets reduced to a line item on a ledger. Just look at the language used on this subject. Corn grown for fuel and alfala grown for feed is referred to as "commodities" while fruits and vegetables grown for food are called "specialty crops". Not a good place to start in my opinion.

[@d.s.5820]

This is irrelevant.

[@J.T.Horacek]

They are listed as commodities because grains (corn, soybeans, wheat, sorghum) are traded in bulk. They can be stored for years as part of food security. And are traded with futures contracts. They're also much more economical to transport via those barges on the Mississippi as it connects all these interstate markets to the globe. Fruits and vegetables tend to have a shorter shelf life in comparison. More complicated to store, etc.

[@xro1983]

The U.S. isn’t growing enough food because of CORPORATIONS

[@lukekibbles]

Corporate greed ruins everything

[@chickenfishhybrid44]

Enabled by... government policy!

[@francismarion6400]

​@lukekibbles It's the Democrat/Fascist plan. Monsanto is in Bidumbs cabinet.

[@PatrickRockwell24]

@@francismarion6400 Meanwhile Trump spent 9 #TRILLION dollars in 4 years causing today's inflation but somehow it's the left's fault. Remember when you mindless zombies were praising his FREE STIMULUS CHECKS and PPP Loans?? Remember when your master stalled the supply chain by shutting down the country??? According to you, high inflation is the left's fault, even though it was Biden who brought a 9% inflation back down to 2.4%. lmao

[@christopherbasham1551]

@@PatrickRockwell24 Trump did not spend $9 Trillion. Biden has already outspent Trump.

[@huntersmith674]

Corporations, investors (not the good kind), greed, lobbyists, increased population, energy costs... What else did I miss? I mean, its the same story everywhere!

[@temujin1645]

Increased population ???

[@chawlagrv]

greed is the root cause of all of them.

[@peterdeacon4085]

Increasingly unpredictable weather, more droughts, wildfires, flooding, soil erosion and degradation may also be relevant factors.

[@okamijubei]

What increase population?

[@ronaldhunter5894]

increase population will soon be dying out. We can no longer live this way. People don't/can't have kids for money issues. we no longer have love for one another. We let in immigrants just to mis-treat them instead of accepting them. Our food even grow has less nutrients than ever before. THIS IS AN LEVEL EXTINCTION EVENT. This is every movie we have watched and didn't want to believe would happen because our lives were already tough as it is. THE RICK ARE KILLING US!!!

[@seaskyguy]

The US is not growing food. It is growing cash crop.

[@brodriguez11000]

Amazing that growing food is a business isn't it?

[@okamijubei]

Hemp?

[@PJWestfield]

We, as Americans, have been spoiled in the last 30+ years on what is available in our supermarkets. In the 80s, you only saw what was "in season". In the 90s, we started seeing what was "out of season" and now, we get watermelon and other "fresh" fruits and vegetables year 'round. People actually complain when they can't find something that wouldn't normally be "in season".

[@Thebeekeeper568]

People are not complaining. Farmers are and yet they get free money from the government.

[@mattburrito]

i thought usa was more evolved and better than this

[@moomie1634]

Big reason why corn and soybeans have been prioritized for so long is that Iowa went first in primaries for so long. If you wanted to win Iowa, you had to be pro ethanol subsidies.

[@rolback5055]

That’s what the environmentalists were pushing for alternative replenish-able fuel. Now they want electric cars fueled by electricity made by non replenish-able fuel. See what happens when you listen to the democrat party morons?

[@someguy2135]

And subsidies for farm animal feed like corn and soy. I agree that we should end the use of corn for biofuels, but we should also quit incentivizing animal agriculture considering the impact on our environment, wasted resources, water pollution, ocean dead zones, deforestation, biodiversity loss, zoonotic disease threat and antibiotic disease threat.

[@TheLoneWrencher]

Complaining residential properties next to farms are an issue, ie. "It's 10PM why are you mowing?"

[@eyoeltewdros1]

I think the point of the contention is that when you have residential building around farm lands, it’ll fundamentally change the economy around that farmland forcing you to evolve into things like brewery’s and veggie picking to make money. Thus reducing and eventually eliminating the initial purpose of the farms to begin with

[@carlycaye90]

in the height of summer 10 PM is yardwork time 😂 wearing our headlamps

[@willardSpirit]

What's crazy is 1/3 of our food production simply goes to waste

[@someguy2135]

Using so many resources and land to grow crops for farm animals is inherently wasteful since we feed more nutrients to those farm animals than we get from eating them.

[@hi-tych]

Truth.

[@representin614]

A third of our corn crop ends up in gasoline blends and our taxes get spent to make it economically viable.

[@Joe-sg9ll]

​@@someguy2135shh shhh shh

[@BigPoppa-Monk]

@@someguy2135 Completely false.

[@b195-l5s]

Family farms can't make it in this economy. Developers buy the land and build as many houses that fit. See it every day, once the land is gone.

[@jdredwine7224]

Single family housing is part of the problem.

[@sarkaranish]

Sounds like the family farms need to pivot their business model. Lots of family farms where I'm at host many events and do Halloween and Christmas decorations which boosts revenue. This is capitalism, adapt or get left behind.

[@armandoventura9043]

​@@sarkaranish The United States has not been capitalist since the 1929 crisis, since then the country has turned to a hybrid of corporatism and fascism

[@Thebeekeeper568]

​@@jdredwine7224it all boils down to greedy multi million cooperations.

[@richardlin2359]

Buy local, buy seasonal!!

[@ttopero]

What do you do for grains & legumes? How about from October to June?

[@stainlesssteellemming3885]

@@ttopero Buy when it's fresh, local, and cheap for fruit and veg. Then learn how to preserve things. For legumes, buy in bulk dried and learn how to cook them. But you can't insist on local produce then want stuff that needs a totally different climate.

[@PhilipsN2552]

Most farms are to small. Solution: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruilverkaveling

[@sarkaranish]

Buy local, buy seasonal, but then you'll complain about food prices...

[@G0rdy92]

@@sarkaranishalso depends on where you live, if you live far enough north, your local variety is very limited, the season is very short and it’s probably going to be expensive . You won’t be eating very many fruits and vegetables l. Shoot I’m lucky enough to live right by the Salinas Valley that’s one of the major agricultural producers of the entire nation and even our season only really runs from March to Mid November at best.

[@stainlesssteellemming3885]

US Consumers: I can't find locally grown food in my supermarket Also US Consumers: They want HOW MUCH for local apples? More US Consumers: I want fresh, locally grown all year round regardless of being in season locally, at the cheapest possible price, Everyone: It's the governments' fault

[@PerformanceProjects]

Where I live there is a market that actually grows their own veg and fruits in green houses behind the store. They bake their own breads, make their own meals and pastries. A beautiful sprouted grain loaf of bread baked from scratch that morning is $7. A Trader Joes just opened across the street. Where is the parking lot full? not the market supplying fresh whole foods. Everyone like to blame the government, but the US consumer will always buy the largest quantity at the lowest price. They will chant and yell about boarders and China, but in the end they wont support ther local growers because "its too expensive".

[@dorokaiyinvil5705]

They're so dumb they can't even understand how or why lol

[@sergiokieri3137]

I always try to buy California grown foods but I am lucky to live in the state that actually grows variety.

[@raymondkidwell7135]

Used to be able to buy local watermelon grown in florida or georgia on the side of the road for two or three dollars. Store watermelon would be like $8. Now they import mexican watermelon and sell it at the store for $3 put locals out of business. In this case a small 10% tariff would help without increasing prices much. Let mexico have cantelope, avacadoes etc tariff free we dont grow much here but something like watermelon was historically a big crop in the south being killed by cheap imports nafta.

[@dianaweimer872]

It is sad to go to a farmer’s market and not see fresh produce. I stopped going because I don’t want to buy over priced jams and jellies from produce that was purchased at the local grocery store.

[@christinacody8653]

In many cases, I’ve seen farmers markets where the people selling the veggies may

[@fdhfdsy4y4]

Farmerys markets in my country can be extremely hit or miss. Last one I went to you a had to pay just to go in. Most stalls didn't have any prices displayed . The fruits and vegetables were the same as anything you'd find at the grocery store but much more expensive or again more often no price at all. I went to one and a majority of of the stalls just sold stuff from China/AliExpress. Think bootleg clothing, random plastic gadgets and toys. Blatant knock off products and scams Typically no schedule in advance for what stalls will be there too.

[@magesalmanac6424]

Well you clearly gotta go to a “real” farmer’s market, not a glorified craft fair

[@ppss.6302]

I can't give away the fruits and veggies I grow for free. The folks around here just aren't into that. Honestly, I can't picture anyone trying to make a living this way. Americans seem to love their convenient, soulnumbing products made from corn and soy way more than anything else.

[@eklectiktoni]

Most of those farms belong to the same handful of major companies. Local, small-scale farmers are almost completely pushed out of the industry now.

[@wunkle9523]

If farmers grew cheeseburgers and pizza they'd be fine.

[@someguy2135]

They kind of do that when they grow corn and soy. Only about 7% of soy is consumed directly by humans. Besides ending animal agriculture, we should also quit growing corn for biofuels. Animal farming gets a huge amount of subsidies. Especially if you include the subsidies for feed crops.

[@OKFrax-ys2op]

😂😂😂

[@okamijubei]

Kinda but lab meat are still experimental.

[@DaveReynolds-y3v]

Unfortunately (Don't all the comments start this way) farming, like so many issues, is used for optics by politicians with no real discussion of the issues at hand. Then when in congress they accommodate the largest donors and apply a band aide to the rest.

[@yuluoxianjun]

there is only big farmers,no little planters.

[@sarkaranish]

Yep, the days of small farmers making an honest living is dead. The "small farmers" of today simply act like they're living that lifestyle but in reality make more money hosting events.

[@okamijubei]

​@@sarkaranishsmall farmers are not dead, they are kept in the dark

[@CapitalismDeathSpiral]

Americans NEED to be allowed to grow food everywhere for free! Governments should be giving free seeds by the billions to all its citizens who have land to grow food on their land. Fruit trees and nuts and berries should be grown along all highways, city edges, abandoned land and anywhere the land needs to be fixed from lack to of soil.

[@milattx]

If you have a yard, plant a fruit or nut tree. Even if you sell the house later, it will still benefit the environment. In many instances, it costs less than $50 to buy a tree and produces a lot when they are mature.

[@MrGrombie]

More homes should also be spec into growing more foods at home as well.

[@RandomGuy-k7m]

I personally seen over 100 pounds go into a trash compactor at a grocery store today. That might be part of the problem.

[@DaCompostKing]

We need to recognize that food waste is a huge problem. Americans do grow a lot of food but the selection process and distribution networks don’t allow that food to reach those that need it.

[@rolback5055]

Never heard of a single American dying of starvation in my 60+ years. So distribution is not the problem.

[@freeflowtrader]

Mango avocado and blueberry, that’s what we needed

[@MifMufs]

Blame the Government for not subsidizing local farmers favoring more conventional corporation farming.

[@badbad-cat]

No communism allowed. This is capitalism

[@sarkaranish]

that's communism

[@francismarion6400]

@MifMufs Mega corporation farms can afford to "go green", small farmers can not.

[@mattburrito]

@@badbad-cat bullshit communism and capitalism are both bad period

[@dinmavric5504]

@@sarkaranish Well, America is a communist state then. Because every single of these major corporations only exist because of government subsidies. Too big to fail they say.

[@2Pish]

Ban high fructose corn syrup, dismantle corporate farming

[@someguy2135]

And animal products!

[@mattburrito]

i want livestock for smoked meats

[@2Pish]

@@mattburrito small ranches, brother

[@calebmanuel17]

@@someguy2135especially fake animal products which tastes like real meat

[@KyJack13]

Small farmer here. I’ll sum this up real quick. Big ag gives big money to politicians who vote against bills that would help small farmers. It’s illegal for me to process an animal and sell it off our farm. We are forced to take to a USDA facility where a USDA inspector stands there while the animal is put down then they go back to their off. This adds cost and in our case there is a single processor with a 100 miles. The death tax makes it all but impossible to pass off land and assets. Your neighborhood was once someone’s living. Lastly it y’all. You want 3.99 hamburger, we can’t produce it for even close to that- 4 processors control 70% of the beef market and they don’t compete with each other but keep it low enough to undercut local farmers. BTW that steak that was stamped USDA was more than likely raised in South America- the slab is stamped once it enters the US. Fun fact. Cattle farming is the leading cause of deforestation of the rainforest. Some 80%. Getting locally produced beef is about the greenest thing you can do to help the planet. Not to mention our cattle stay on grass until the very end. No feed lots, no crowded pens, no stress for the animal. USDA needs a serious overhaul.

[@Enrique-Garcia]

Gee, it's a real shame this country has so much hatred against immigrant workers. Then farmers would be able to hire cheap farm labor and fix their own machinery. Enjoy your $3 apples next year!

[@DjHazardous]

*For real they have been helping carry this country's food and crop industry in a subtle ways many don't realize I've seen for myself and just watch when the complaining starts which will be worse around 2026 about food prices everywhere in the country it will bring light to a large wound that was healed in the past but Opened back up in 2025*

[@tomkinsonfarms1212]

The fact that I cannot sell a chicken I own at a farmers market in MI is a shame. It costs me more having it butchered at a USDA slaughterhouse than it does to feed the chickens. It’s wild man. I can do it myself for cheap. But the red tape keeps me from it.

[@dmac7128]

Subsidies if they were used as originally intended make a lot of sense. They were a product of the New Deal in the aftermath of the "Dust Bowl" years when a combination of drought and bad farming practices led to the crash of agriculture sector of the economy. Subsidies were a tool used to promote responsible land management by paying farmers NOT to grow certain crops when appropriate and stimulate production of foodstuffs that were in short supply. The problem now lies with the consolidation of farms into a few powerful companies and the disappearance of independently owned and operated family farms over the last 40 years, and through their lobbying of Congress, these corporations perverted the system into what we see today. Aside from that, specialty crops, many of which can only be farmed with manual labor. That's why many fruits and vegetables are more expensive. Those foods are sensitive to changes in the labor market. And if the next administration carries through with its promises, those foods produced with manual labor are going to get a whole lot more expensive. And if you throw in a few more tariffs on imported agricultural products like soybeans, that will also raise the cost of basic cereal crop foodstuffs.

[@someguy2135]

I did a quick search and was amazed that the US imports a huge amount of soy despite growing so much here. It isn't for human consumption, btw. Only 7% of soy is directly consumed by us. Almost 80% is used as farm animal feed, which is wasteful and harmful to the environment, including climate change.

[@yasssgawwwd5643]

Vegetables and fruit being so readily available makes the united states valuable. Keep our farmers stress free and productive ❤❤❤❤

[@siggychi]

Crazy how they didn't mention alfalfa and the story behind that

[@someguy2135]

Good point! A huge waste of fresh water, and is often grown in the US Southwest where water is scarce

[@twylacastaneda7117]

Didn't Saudi Arabia buy a bunch of land and are growing alfalfa, then shipping it back?

[@pacjam418]

@@twylacastaneda7117 Yes in Arizona. They put a stop to that.

[@jerrymoore8355]

I lived next to a mega farm. Corporate owned. He decided to put in a turkey farm not even a half mile from my house. I lived there several years before this. My son in law caught his workers literally reaching over the fence with ac track hoe and ripping trees down on my property. But the turkeys had such a foul smell we couldn't deal with it anymore! Couldn't even go outside, some days.

[@colemislevy7576]

As a small farmer in Florida, it’s hard to deal with disease, hurricanes, and production costs.

[@brodriguez11000]

Climate change is going to throw a wrench in everybody's workings. A new farm bill is going to have to account for that.

[@mattburrito]

too bad florida has high crime rates corruption im from california we have crime problems here while other states suffer the same

[@brandonhultgren5776]

Stop putting ethanol in our gas, diversify our farms.

[@someguy2135]

Also stop fueling animal agriculture with corn and soy! There are so many reasons to do so!

[@34959]

If its more economically viable to grow more cash crops, to buy the rest we need, that isn't a problem. It depends on changing economics, food waste, and overreliance on increasingly harder to get synthetic fertilizer.

[@tomgabriel5150]

The most conservative wealthy farmers get millions in farm bill dollars to not farm their land, among other things. Welfare

[@francismarion6400]

@@tomgabriel5150 The biggest farmers are Democrats.

[@adamoliver4094]

In California it's primarily specialty crops. Possibly it has more to do with climate than policies and subsidies?

[@mattburrito]

as a californian i dislike to say it but california is a dystopian state

[@Juliehomevideo]

This is called people are under informed about stuff like this.

[@superraggazio]

lol I have an idea….lets antagonize seasonal workers and kick out undocumented workers because the American population wants to pick crops.

[@szurketaltos2693]

Trump voters must be excited for food prices to go up due to labor shortages and tariffs. Make America Inflate Again!

[@VegasRoManiacReviews]

Millionaires complaining that other bigger millionaires getting the subsidies .. 🤣🤣🤣

[@MarxinRios]

Thr US has an overcapacity of food. Its sooo subsidised and inn3ficient most of it goes to waste. 😅😅

[@itsa11good23]

I grew up in a very rural farming community. Growing up I watched as more and more farms had to close down and consolidate and now there are maybe 3 to 4 people that own the vast majority of the land in the entire region. There were companies that supplied farmers that have also gone out of business and now there are only a few left namely MPG tractors being the only division of MPG that is still active. I do not think there is enough support for smaller farmers. You have Republican lawmakers that will come to these communities, even come out of these communities and say they’re focused on making policy to help but then once voted in and they’re in the party system, they will back policies that only support large farm and not local farm. You have Democrats who just continually ignore the issue and don’t speak to that community. It feels like an endless battle to get policy one for small farm.

[@eklectiktoni]

Well said!

[@superkas]

Thats why there's a thing called comparative advantage, just stick to what you really good at

[@MrLoobu]

I'm only 30 years old, but so far the answer to every problem has been to just charge me more.

[@Duality-Mode]

Nailed it!

[@brodriguez11000]

And now you know why the immigrant issue is so important. The video mentioned labor costs but didn't elaborate on the sensitive subject because people want cheap things without the details on why they're cheap.

[@TheGreatOne428]

Very informative video. Hope we can get 100 % of our food needs met by local farmers.

[@mauertal]

WHY are u NOT ask the REAL questions..............a) What price gets the farmer for a pound apples and what price offers Walmart? b) Why is there no own sale-plan of the farmes organisation, so that consumer can online see, what a farm offers at the farm..............c) Why is there no or less added value on farms or regional farmers organisations? SO u can not only sale apples, but applesouce or applejuice or dried apples or.....

[@0fficialdregs]

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[@francismarion6400]

Regulations that hurt small farmers while helping mega corporations like Bayer(Monsanto).

[@someguy2135]

Animal agriculture is controlled by a handful of corporations like Cargill, Swift, etc.

[@francismarion6400]

@@someguy2135 And the Chinese.

[@someguy2135]

@@francismarion6400 Smithfield Foods is one of the corporations I didn't mention and yes they are owned by people in China. The demand for meat is skyrocketing in China is their population has become more wealthy. Those of us who care about and other issues I need to completely boycott animal products to try to compensate as much as possible

[@francismarion6400]

@@someguy2135 I'm perfectly fine finding my own fish and game along with subsidizing that with what my chickens can produce.

[@boristheamerican2938]

As a Minnesota farmer I cant compete with foreign government subsidizing farmers when I try to sell my winter corn crop.

[@David-ki2dl]

I bought a steak the other day, The label said Product of the USA,China and Argentina, That was a well traveled beef cow 🐄

[@deepsammanna]

Soy is everywhere. In South India we never heard soybeen. But this is the main commodity in all of our region.

[@lingth]

In the Past, Humans ate what was available in the region, if you want Mangoes you need to travel to a region that has it.. Then suddenly refrigeration makes long distance export of fruits and vegetables possible and we are spending so much carbon emissions to bring those fruits from Tropical areas to USA or vice versa..and paying high prices for it..

[@duancoviero9759]

Corporate farming is the answer! Matter a fact, if you have a question about anything wrong with America. The answer is always Corporate.

[@kevinburke9940]

Grow your own. My dad, who fought in WW2, used to call it a ‘victory garden’.

[@cloudnationmedia8326]

Direct to citizens wholesale markets would help. Bulk Buyers clubs and farmers year-round markets. The big corporations (big grocery stores) want to continue uncharging consumers. This would actually create a more affordable option for consumers.

[@rolback5055]

And who is going to sit 8 hours at a market stall, selling tomatoes making about $60? And then paying for the market space, packing it all up and hauling the unsold tomatoes back to the farm. Thats really really hard work for little money.

[@woodchuck003]

Early the year there was a hearing in Congress that talked about this issue but since RFK was on it NBC and ither news outlets called it "woowoo". I appreciate the pivot though.

[@charlesbartlett2569]

Prices go up when your supply is low. Thank you corporate farmers!

[@NirvanaFan5000]

seems part of the issue is a choice: cheap food is largely imported; good food is local.

[@kelliott7864]

Notice the footage of the big farms doesn't show any workers? Just tractors and automation.

[@THEKILLERS314]

ITS MONEY PEOPLE, there just saved you an entire video

[@marktaylor2645]

How about allowing farms to deduct organic fruit and vegetable sales they make directly to end consumers deductible from their property tax? Or making fruit and vegetable farm labor exempt from payroll taxes or income tax? Doesn’t require Uncle Sam writing checks, small producers automatically qualify. Less room for graft. Easy peasy. Import and export taxes on empty calories. Remove coke Pepsi, and foods with added sugar or artificial sweeteners from SNAP.

[@Observer100-cn7gv]

The first thumbnail wasn't enough to capture enough viewers? 🙄

[@maxwellsteinberg4667]

What about drought?! According to CA Dept. of Food & Agriculture, over 33% of our country's vegetables and 75% of our fruits & nuts come from CA. AZ produces a lot of our produce too. Both states farm land is threatened by drought, especially AZ. I should mention that a lot of farm land is being converted into housing. Once again CNBC creates good news stories, however they leave out a lot of facts.

[@rowyeah456]

that woman knows her stuff

[@guardianoffire8814]

Best way forward is subsidize fertilizer, drones, automation harvesting, and other farming technology. End subsidies for specific crops unless its vegetables and fruits for local consumption.

[@dorokaiyinvil5705]

Literally the dumbest post on this video lol

[@GDTRFB]

Soybeans aren’t suitable for their climate? I live in NY, and every field around me was soybeans this year

[@あいはら恆秋]

A hilly plot on the banks of the Hudson River is very obviously not suited for soybean production. It will never be competitive with the large open fields that you may be more accustomed to in upstate NY.

[@itsmisterchris]

Just like most countries... Government got deals with huge companies ..small farmers can't sell their product .

[@angellee7329]

Elephant in the room, greedy farmers growing things for other countries hoping to get rich until tariffs hit and Asia said " LOL, we can get it cheaper somewhere else". You know, even Europe won't buy our eggs. Honestly, stop hoping to get rich quick and help your country then sell overage overseas if their is any. If not, it's still a win.

[@victorcarr212]

Farm direct to table food should be the standard from this point forward. We need to rethink the super market and replace them with farmer markets or co-operatives. Prices would be reduced and the people would more power over what the buy and how much they spend. Fresh food, lower prices and less interference by the 1% percent.

[@minghuiyu2073]

No need to watch the video and I can guess why: labor cost. Due to high labor costs, US farmers know they are better off growing foods that require less labor. I believe potato, soybean and corn must require less care than berries. Everything that requires higher labor will be better with outsourcing, just like manufacturing.

[@bobloblaw9362]

If I’m RFK, I’m reducing corn/soybean subsidies and not pushing crazy ideas about vaccines and fluoride.

[@dinmavric5504]

RFK is the living embodiment of a joke. Even Trump doesn't compare to his stupidity.

[@Cordycep1]

In Cali, I wonder why all those farmers complaining of water supply but the crop -I think 40 % - are exported to other countries.

[@mattburrito]

it shouldnt be in other countries but usa only

[@StevenHughes-hr5hp]

Who told y'all we can not grow mango or avocado? Easier to grow those in Florida than apple or even peach.

[@FilthPig2004]

We don't need the federal government to solve this problem. Gardening is a rewarding hobby and people have been doing it for millennia. If you have the means and the space, grow as much fruit and vegetables as you can. Preserve it. Share it with your neighbors.

[@markmd9]

Strange, when I visited Calgary, in the market I found a lot of fruits and vegetables from California.

[@samwalton4598]

Isn’t growing enough food? For who America or the world? America exports tons of everything around the world.

[@ADobbin1]

grain prices are far too low for the cost of production and land and equipment prices are far too high for new farmers to start. The reality is that the grain prices are so low because we are producing far beyond what we in North america need to live. This means we have a glut of food, driving prices down. This has been made possible by GMO crops with far higher yields than 50 years ago.

[@kevinb2469]

No we have a glut of inedible garbage that we feed the cows pigs and chickens.

[@ADobbin1]

@@kevinb2469 Actually we are feeding it to the cows, pigs and chicken because we have so much we don't know what to do with it. Cows are supposed to eat grass not corn.

[@Impozalla]

We are growing enough food but we don't have enough labor to harvest the food off the tree or the vines. I have seen thousands of acres of grapes and peaches just rot away because the farmer cannot find enough labor to harvest them.

[@scarecrow2275]

The biggest problem American's face is corporate greed and corruption, if you banned lobbyists and monopolies, 90% of the issues effecting the lower 60% would vanish and if you really wanted to take your country back the next logical step would be jailing bankers and billionaires. New Zealand had the right idea, it just wasn't implemented properly. Another glaringly obvious issue in American politics is the whole two party system, it doesn't allow for checks and balances, you've got social corruption or corporate corruption, you need a middle party that has the peoples interests at hand, because lets face it, democrats and republicans are one in the same, nothing but liars and thieves. You folks need a purists, grass roots revolution!!

[@RefreshingShamrock]

Isn't this what people wanted though? To grow corn for ethanol because it's more environmentally friendly?

[@micro7vista]

It's all money, you can run this country based off money you can predict this country based off money.

[@GoatLufffy]

Meanwhile grocery stores and purposely inflating the prices. Grocery chains would rather the food go bad than donate it to any food banks. Yet yall will never hold them ceos responsible.

[@hoklau1936]

Cut subsidies for commodities like soybeans and corn and increase subsidies to produces and fruits. Commodity farmers have the scale to go vertical and add value. Only reason we are acting like a third world colony exporting raw material like soybean at dirt cheap price while importing value added products like miso at 12-15 dollars a pound is because with subsidies nobody needs to think and work hard. Cutting subsidies on commodities will force farms to go up tge value chain. Imagine instead of exporting soybean we export final products like miso, tofu and soy sauce. Not only will farm profit increases. It will help reduce our deficit as well

[@DilyaAbrarova]

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[@KevinOBrien-v8s]

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[@JuliusVenable]

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[@HawtSauwce]

we need less waste, not more growing.

[@birdstwin1186]

US is growing enough food. Got to your local grocery store you will find this is not a problem.

[@tombeegeeeye5765]

I suspect those high value specialty crops require fare more labor. I also remind people the largest farms growing export crops glean most of the farm aid the federal government dishes out. The largest 10% of farms take 50% of all farm aid. If the next 10% take 50% of the reminder imagine how little is left for small farms.

[@PatrickRockwell24]

Investing in US infrastructure such as farms would mean Americans would benefit and US politicians can't have that hence them sending all of American's money to 🇮🇱 and Ukraine.

[@sarkaranish]

We don't send much money to Ukraine. If you wanna use HIMARS to cultivate the land go ahead.

[@sarkaranish]

Ukraine isn't the reason for domestic issues.

[@PatrickRockwell24]

@@sarkaranish Running up the national debt fighting senseless wars that continue to devalue the dollar, isn't causing America's domestic issue?

[@sarkaranish]

@@PatrickRockwell24 We aren't fighting senseless wars, we aren't at war anymore. We are just sending old weapons to Ukraine. Israel is a different story, but Ukraine, absolutely not. We can fix domestic food production and also care about ukraine. Also you care so much about the national debt, what are your thoughts on this presidency and the last one doing just that? You think that our debt will go down?

[@PatrickRockwell24]

@@sarkaranish Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Ukraine and now they're trying to bait Americans into a war with Iran and China, are ALL reasons why today's national debt is insane. Proxy wars are the same as being at WAR because it's draining military capabilities that won't be replenished FOR YEARS and it's ballooning US debt, while worsening international relations pushing nations to eventually drop the US dollar as a reserve currency, and that's when it's officially GAME OVER for Americans.

[@blipblop92]

News: US isn't growing enough food Statistics: obesity at all time high

[@ponuni]

that only means americans like to consume high calorie junk.

[@61zu]

Reality: US is growing plenty of food, this news story is BS

[@PatrickRockwell24]

@blipblop92 Processed junk isn't real food.

[@christinacody8653]

@@PatrickRockwell24and it’s largely made up with corn and soybean. The sweeteners in processed foods? Corn Syrup.

[@PatrickRockwell24]

@@christinacody8653 Like I said, processed junk isn't real food.

[@ronaryel6445]

It is important to reduce suburban and exurban sprawl. Preserve farmland so it doesn;t become subdivisions. Invest in public transportation so cities ca handle higher densities and you leave the land outside for farming or for conservation of nature.

[@1968Christiaan]

Have you thought of putting some solar panels between your crops and on rooftops ? Agri-Solar would cut your energy costs and could provide a second income stream ?

[@GDTRFB]

Horrible idea

[@Themooman29]

You should thank government laws and subsidies created in the 1930’s-1950’s. Don’t blame your corporations. Blame the government who wants to prop them up

[@someguy2135]

I boycott corporations that produce animal products. Everyone should!

[@daviddruggish271]

Wall Street, greed, over valuing paperwork over food..

[@radman1136]

The 2018 Farm Bill was $867 billion. If we are importing most of what we eat we probably should find something useful to do with that trillion dollars. Clearly this isn't working.

[@pacjam418]

I agree

[@danieldelacruz7305]

That’s why they accept imported food. And not enough farmers to do the job everyone wants to be rich and not work.

[@JustAverageJeff]

Tired of all the short term profit taking destroying every industry our country offers.