Can You Name The 7 States Producing Your Favorite Thanksgiving Foods?
Why Minnesota belongs in your gratitude journal
If you’ve never thought to Google something, it’s likely in my search history. I have an eclectic sense of curiosity. To paraphrase Tyrion Lannister, “I quip and I know things.”
If you’re enjoying a traditional Thanksgiving feast this week, here are the seven states you should be including in your gratitude journal. They’re the bountiful seven, producing the foods you love to eat.
Thank me later for providing you with a safe topic to discuss with some of your dicier relatives.
Minnesota is the country’s biggest turkey producer
That bird at the center of the table? It may just have come to you from The North Star state. According to a report from the US Department of Agriculture, Minnesota produced more than 40 million turkeys in 2020/2021, compared with the next largest producer, North Carolina at 30 million.
Interestingly, North Carolina produced more pounds of turkey, which tells you they’re producing bigger birds.
