I think I might have done a little better following it if there hadn’t been so much time between me reading the two & if I had the physical book instead of listening but that was what was available at the library. The audio is very good though, different voices for different characters. 📚💙

Red states produce the bulk of our meat, true—though California still produces 8% of American beef.

But the red states’ role as America’s breadbasket is LONG gone. Most red state agro-economy has been redirected from human-grade food to commodity feedstock.

And much of that is on federal welfare.

It goes even deeper than this. The vast bulk of red state agriculture is corn, soybeans or seed crops.

And most of it is not for US human consumption! We export 20% of our corn, half of our soybean and seeds. The rest?

Most of it becomes oil, animal feed or….ETHANOL.

The subsidized fuel additive.

Especially since a huge percentage of American crops are bought and paid for by the government.

Guess where the huge majority of the taxes that go toward buying those crops come from?

That’s right: Blue states.

Also this guy suggesting that food is “shared” with other states (or countries) out of goodwill, as opposed to for pay:

Good luck eating your way through an exploding silo of soybeans.