Definition of breadbasket | Bee Dictionary of English

n a geographic region serving as the principal source of grain
n an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
n a basket for serving bread

But four decades after the Green Revolution dramatically boosted India's agricultural production and made Punjab the nation's breadbasket, the state's once bountiful rivers and .
This fertile farm country, once the breadbasket of the Roman Empire, is now best known for its vineyards and its hashish growers, and as a bastion of Hizballah.
The country's ex-Marxist President says that the economic basket case can become the breadbasket of Latin America, precisely because its farms are so backward.

In nation's breadbasket, Latinos stuck in poverty
In nation's breadbasket, Latinos stuck in poverty Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 6:25 am, Monday, June 10, 2013 Lacking health insurance, Melendez couldn't see a doctor or afford medication, so her illness dragged on — and another day came and went without work or pay ...
June 10, 2013 - Beaumont Enterprise
California bullet train project lurches ahead as contractor chosen
By Sharon Bernstein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California moved a step closer to building a high-speed train line on Thursday, when a state commission chose a contractor to handle construction of the route's first leg from Merced to Fresno in the state's breadbasket. The rail line, a major priority of California Governor Jerry Brown, would send passengers hurtling through the state's fertile San ...
June 6, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News

Dianne Feinstein in New York Times
I believe we need a fair compromise that will respect the Endangered Species Act while recognizing the fact that people in California's breadbasket face complete economic ruin without help,said Feinstein (D-Calif.) in a statement.
Kevin Faulk in USA Today
That's something I learned from Randy,Faulk said, "not sticking your hands out early, letting the ball come to you, right in the breadbasket."
Nathan Sharpe in Independent Online
I though we were just going to get over the line there at the end, again,Sharpe said. "You never say any try is lucky, but (Turner's) was against the run of play. Shep has chipped it forward and it has gone straight into his breadbasket. A...