The Abundance of the Early American Landscape Is Just Almost Incomprehensible

“Most people don’t realize pre-European North America produced more food than it does today.”

“That was without John Deere's chemical fertilizers.”
Farmer Joel Salatin says America once produced MORE food without modern industrial agriculture than it does today.

It’s a stunning… pic.twitter.com/CwU8AAKkdM

— MAHA Action (@MAHA_Action) September 19, 2026

… reminder of what MAHA is fighting to restore in America’s soil and food system.

“There were somewhere between 100 and 200 million bison.”

“There were 2 million wolves that ate 20 pounds of meat a day.”

“There were 200 to 300 million beavers… that ate more vegetable material than all the people in North America today.”

“The Lewis and Clark Expedition, when they left St. Louis heading to the Pacific, they said they could not go one mile without encountering a bear.”

“That's before Tyson.”

“The abundance of the early American landscape is just almost incomprehensible.”