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aseaflight t1_iwll8mh wrote

Reply to comment by cornylifedetermined in boy I sure do love the very 100% natural grasslands of eastern washington by Expandatory

Very little of the wheat grown in WA stays local. 90+% is exported.

And very little of it is turned into bread. 80+% is soft white wheat.

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farfetchds_leek t1_iwmcj2k wrote

Are you saying that agricultural products are inherently worse if they are exported?

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aseaflight t1_iwmcsdn wrote

Not inherently. But we should recognize that it does come with an environmental and economic cost.

Mainly I was pointing out that local agriculture doesn't mean local food. Washington wheat doesn't turn into bread eaten by Washingtonians.

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shitwheresmyjuul t1_iwmr5n0 wrote

>Mainly I was pointing out that local agriculture doesn't mean local food. Washington wheat doesn't turn into bread eaten by Washingtonians.

Being an exporter is generally a good thing. If we want to talk about the evils of globalization, that's a slightly different conversation.

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goinupthegranby t1_iwmyw6t wrote

Its a trip driving through buttfuck Central/Eastern WA and passing a grain terminal on the Snake River and thinking 'this site in the middle of nowhere is directly connected into the global economy by water'

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