Victor Davis Hanson,

Hanson, a classical scholar at the Hoover Institution

at Stanford University and a farmer in the San Joaquin Valley of California.

Dr. Hansen has published more than two dozen books including a war like no other, the definitive account of the Peloponnesian Wars, and the case for Trump, the

paperback edition of which has just been published.

Victor, welcome and welcome everyone to uncommon knowledge with Peter Robinson.

Victor, let's start with your own experience.

You live among farmers and ranchers.

You yourself own 40 acres.

What has the shutdown meant to the San Joaquin Valley?

Well, you know, it's funny because we're the richest in terms of actual value of crop sold,

about 40 different varieties in the in the United States in fact

per density in the world and we're feeding right now we mean not me but the people of this

county and right below me

Peter there's a main thoroughfare from two rural towns

Dyuba and Carothers there's a lot of chicken processing, almond processing, chicken beef. The Harris beef lot is right

over here and citrus and it's just booming.

I mean, it's people, I'm looking out the window right now

and there's two people out in my almond orchard working.

So it hasn't stopped a bit because it's outdoor activity

and we're told that 97% of the transmissions of the virus are within doors and then people feel they do really feel a need they have to keep working because the truckers and the and the processors and the packing houses and the farmers are they feel they're needed but if I go into these little local towns that are right the one two miles behind me has a per capita income of $13,000

Selma and it's been it looks like a you remember the neutron bomb of our college days

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