Friday Food Facts
The West Contains Only 20% of the U.S. Farmland
The West contains only 20% of the U.S. farmland but it produces 60% of the total value of the agricultural products we enjoy today; important for food and national security. The reason we’re so productive out West? Targeted, and managed irrigation including drip for raising the food we eat. We grow more, using less.
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