breadbasket

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So how do you clean up the country known as "Europe's breadbasket"?

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

A barley risotto studded with dried autumn mushrooms follows, Finland’s breadbasket turned into comfort.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

The region is Italy’s breadbasket, typically producing more durum wheat than any other part of the country, and locals often eat pasta twice a day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

With significant agricultural production and a prominent role in regional trade, Cameroon is seen as the breadbasket of central Africa.

From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025

It’s not that the Cape of Good Hope itself is too dry for agriculture: it is, after all, the breadbasket of modern South Africa.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond