Not only would this runoff destroy thousands of homes, it would also ravage a region that serves as the nation's foremost agricultural breadbasket.

Source: https://www.salon.com/2023/01/23/californias-next-flood-could-destroy-one-of-its-most-diverse-cities-will-lawmakers-try-to-save-it_partner/

Wheat, which had been trading in negative territory in early overnight trade, rose on concerns about global grain supplies disrupted by the 13-month-old war in the Black Sea breadbasket region, lifting benchmark wheat futures prices from earlier losses.

Source: https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/GLENCORE-PLC-8017494/news/Wheat-ends-higher-as-Cargill-set-to-stop-handling-Russian-grain-at-export-terminal-43372892/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=20230329

When the Rio Grande's line to Salt Lake was completed in 1883, the Denver Tribune that the Grand Valley, "capable of astonishing production" of "every variety of fruit and cereal," was poised to become the breadbasket of the American West.

Source: https://kiowacountypress.net/content/valley-grand-junction-oil-train-route-would-retrace-colorado-railroad-history

Your Eyewitness is hearing a lot about how at last we’re gonna become the “breadbasket” of the Caribbean!

Source: https://guyanatimesgy.com/go-local-and-regional/