Food production in the US
With issues of sustainability behind us, and big agro on deck for this week’s ASIC class, I thought I’d share with you the following graph of food production in the US (care of Sociological Images; click through for larger versions):
Notice the high levels of production of chickens throughout the southeast. This is a relatively new occurrence; poultry producers moved into the region due to lower wages and fewer environmental regulations compared to other areas, making it less likely their huge containment facilities would lead to a lot of opposition.
And crops…
