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		walshemj on March 3, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Teach kids to farm, not code. Given the amount of government subvention and subsidies compered to Farmers we are very very low down on the totem pole. In the EU in 20010 €43.8bn (31% of the EU budget) compared to the support that STEM industries get this is far more. Blue states like CA and MA support the smaller interior agricultural red states - the USA is set up to favor farmers. You don't get satire like Farmer Palmer in VIZ from nothimg

gammarator on March 3, 2013 [–]

California has the most agricultural output of any state in the US, fyi: http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/agricultural-productiv...

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