The Local Crop

If you have lived in a box your whole life you might not know that rice is the main crop in South Korea. When you ride on the train you can see rice field stretching as far as the eye can see. Similar to the corn fields in Iowa. For everyone else, rice accounts for more then 90% of total grain production in South Korea, but it is not the main consumer of rice. Korea has become a little westernized so rice is not their main source of carbohydrates. They only consuming 5,000 metric tons a year. China and India lead the world wide rice consumption with 135,000 and 85,000 metric tons per year. Just saying...