"Agriculture" does not always equate to fruits and vegetables for humans. Corn and soy for export is agriculture. So is lettuce and tomatoes for local consumption. The point is we need locally grown food for local consumption.

I live in a northern US state that is capable of growing loads of produce in the summer, yet in the summer grocery stores sell veggies and fruit grown in California, Mexico and Florida. Stores sell garlic from China when we can grow great garlic right here.

*owned mostly by ~3 companies. if not owned, then controlled via their non-competitive contracts they have with the very small number of farmers who span the entire country.