re: Mormon Church now owns $2 Billion in US Farmland

Not sure it explains all of the land holdings, but the Church operates a lot of farms to supply commodities to support its humanitarian programs. In addition to the farms they own and operate numerous processing plants that make various food products that are distributed to those in need.

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Processing Plants: The Church operates processing plants throughout the U.S. and Canada. These facilities package and bottle food grown on Church-owned farms. They also process other commodities such as soaps and detergents. All of these goods are distributed to bishops’ storehouses, and many are available at home storage centers.

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