https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/rangeland-and-grazing/rangeland-health/nevada says BLM has 43 million acres authorized for grazing in Nevada. That's 67000 square miles. Nevada has a total of 110000 square miles.
why do people post this kind of crap? I'm 100% sure he knows a garden isn't a farm, he's just making a funny, slightly ironic observation. Some people...
Why do people post this kind of crap? I'm 100% sure he knows what humor and irony are. He's just making a funny, slightly ironic observation. Some people...
I don't know about New Jersey, but Iowa takes pride in our agriculture for sure. Nearly the whole state is farmland, besides a couple cities and some protected forests and marshes.
I grew up a stone's throw from New Jersey. I know a ton of people from there. Nobody has once expressed pride in agriculture or growing anything. Their pride is split pretty exclusively between two elements: 1) Springsteen, always and all the time. They will not shut up about him, ever. 2) They have embraced New York's condescending depiction of them as a "dump" or "the armpit of America" and treat it with a cheeky pride. I know two unrelated people with the outline of New Jersey tattooed on their armpits. They used to have a lot of pride in the Jersey Shore too (see #1), but MTV ruined that. And maybe the Sopranos.
The south and places and places like the northwest have a lot of farms. The majority though is just either urban or suburban. Trust me I've lived in NJ my entire life.
Outside of Baltimore and Annapolis, Maryland is rural. Same with Delaware. When you drive through other parts of these states you'd be surprised how rural it is in these states. Plus, this is % based. I tried both as answers though.
Eastern Shore specifically is mostly farms. Also a N. Virginia Resident, and the part I drive through most frequently is non-farming, but every once in a while you get into the drastically different eastern counties.
I could be wrong but I believe calling something a desert refers not to how hot it may be but refers rather to a lack of rain. Thus Alaska (like Antarctica) is a desert.
A lack of precipitation defines a desert. And last I checked, snow still counts as precipitation. Although it kinda makes it hard to farm anything, therefore: Alaska.
The reason the percentage of farmland is so low is because civilization has only reach .05% of it and the rest is mostly untouched. Also, cold winters and poor soil nutrients make it hard to farm there. There aren't enough nutrients in the soil to grow most plants, and even if there were enough nutrients, the permafrost would block deep roots. There are some places with good nutrients and warm(er) temps but for the most part it's nearly impossible to farm there.
Alaska's Matanuska-Susitna Valley is one of the few places in the state where row crops and truck farms are common. The long northern summers make for a decent growing season.
I don't understand how Vermont and New Hampshire are on here. Vermont is covered by farms. Same with New Hampshire. There are a ton of agricultural products coming out of those two states. I mean... Do they not include dairy farms on here? Maple orchards (syrup!)? Someone enlighten me, please.
All 6 New England states in the top 10. The northern 3 are a #%@& rock in the soil in every single, last shovel strike and the southern 3 are paved over anyway.
Having lived on a farm in New Jersey (significant portions of the southern half are farmland), I can say with certainty that:
1. I know what a farm is.
2. I know what New Jersey is.
3. I know what a joke is.
Whether everyone here also does is debatable.
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