In reply to Jones Beene's message of Wed, 1 Oct 2008 19:08:37 -0700 (PDT): Hi, [snip] >Quick - vorticians - name the country that is the world's second largest >exporter of food and agricultural products, after >the United States.
The Netherlands is primarily a trading nation and has been for centuries, so some of the exports may also be imports. > >Hint- that country is not large and warm, like Australia or Brazil, and in >fact is *tiny* - having only twice the acreage of the state of Massachusetts. >And with about one-fourth of its land located below sea level, it is far from >ideal cropland. Actually most of it is excellent cropland, because it is silt washed down by the rivers from the rest of Europe. I think that the land that was reclaimed from the sea is washed free of its salt by rain water and pumping. That leaves good soil (silt) for growing food. [snip] Regards, Robin van Spaandonk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
