Something like 45% of the world’s fruit comes from our state alone.
This is obviously not true. Maybe it's true across North America, but California does not produce 50% of the world's produce.
American produce is not found on the shelves of European supermarkets. Even big franchises like Dominos, they source more locally than that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato#Production
China produce the most tomatoes in the world, at 37% of the global supply.
Also the actual roses were in the bushes on the side.
I'm pretty sure they did actually get rid of a lot of the flowers anyway and got rid of things they shouldn't have, but the layout of it isn't so drastically changed and the lawn can easily be replaced.