You make several outdated assumptions about farming in the USA that are based in 20th century models of agriculture. The entire sector is incredibly fragile in

You make several outdated assumptions about farming in the USA that are based in 20th century models of agriculture. The entire sector is incredibly fragile in its present form, because every method is unsustainable. Industrial agriculture is depleting soil fertility faster than it can be replaced. Topsoil has been decimated in the past 100 years. This is primarily due to tractor tillage and herbicides. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/only-60-years-of-farming-left-if-soil-degradation-continues/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/only-60-years-of-... Correlation between monoculture field crops and bee colony collapse https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/honey-bees-and-monoculture-nothing-to-dance-about/ https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/honey-bees-a... Monoculture field crops are 100% dependent on chemical nitrogen fertilizer, the supply of which is finite https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1247398/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1247398/ This is nothing to say about the ethics of undocumented indentured servitude of migrant labor, which floats the entire California farm sector