A Substitute for Love

Food is a substitute for love -- it's also a fairly important item concerning the survival of the human species.

“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” Hippocrates

There are places in the world where people go to bed hungry. However, that doesn't stop people from proliferating.

As the human population continues to expand, the availability of potential agriculture land continues to shrink. Thus, more people results in less food sources. It's a conundrum that mostly goes unnoticed, until there becomes a time when food is in short supply and basically unavailable to those who are unprepared for the consequences -- then all hell will break loose.

Top Ten U.S. States in agriculture crops (billions of dollars of cash receipts)

1) California -- 33.6

2) Iowa -- 17.2

3) Minnesota -- 14.6

4) Illinois -- 14.5

5) Nebraska -- 11.6

6) Indiana -- 81.

7) North Dakota -- 7.6

8) Ohio -- 7.4

9) Washington -- 7.2

10) Kansas -- 6.7

Top Ten U.S. States in livestock (billions of dollars of cash receipts)

1) Texas -- 15.1

2) Iowa -- 13.9

3) California -- 12.7

4) Nebraska -- 11.9

5) Kansas -- 8.8

6) North Carolina -- 8.3

7) Wisconsin -- 8.2

8) Minnesota -- 7.8

9) Georgia -- 6.1

10) Arkansas -- 5.2

Food is a gift and should be consumed with reverence.

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Quote for the Day -- “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” J.R.R. Tolkien

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Bret Burquest is the author of 11 books. He lives in the Ozark Mountains with a few dogs and where food is an important part in a proper diet.

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