It’s because big ag wants to use the land to grow durable crops for export, like corn, soybeans, and wheat, and not for local consumption
@talesfrompurgatory.bsky.socialIt’s weird to me that the US is importing tomatoes to begin with. Since I moved here and basically all the produce is local, grown in a entire mountainous environmentally difficult country HALF the size of the state of Washington, I’m like, why does the US import so much food