The US is the single largest exporter of grain in the world. Not the largest producer, not the largest consumer, but the largest exporter.
And the US farming population is ~1% of the total US pop. Modern tractors and combines are amazing.
Doesn't mean there aren't a ton of bodies involved in processing and transportation, though. You can probably find local-ish wheat in the US, but you're not going to boil and eat the wheat berries for a porridge like it's 1850 (though you could); you're going to buy breakfast cereal.
And the US farming population is ~1% of the total US pop. Modern tractors and combines are amazing.
Doesn't mean there aren't a ton of bodies involved in processing and transportation, though. You can probably find local-ish wheat in the US, but you're not going to boil and eat the wheat berries for a porridge like it's 1850 (though you could); you're going to buy breakfast cereal.