辽阔的土地 meaning in English

vast territory

Isn ' t it sufficient to know that one american child or a single elderly person in this bountiful land is reduced to eating the forage of animals or exposed to unknown toxic levels of mercury , lead or salmonella to know that something very extraordinary must be done
难道我们现在还不是时候了解到一位美国小孩或许单身的老人在这个辽阔的土地上却沦落到要吃动物的食物或者是误食了有毒汞，铅或者沙门氏菌才想到该采取一些措施了么？