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Luxury crop
________: grown to sere other purpose other than sustaining.
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Johann Heinrich von Thunen
________, a skilled farmer who was knowledgeable in economics, developed model of land use that showed how market processes could determine how land in different locations would be used.
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Dont fit model bc products
________ are marked up and can be sold for high profit and excess cost of transportation passed onto consumer.
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Specialty farming
________: crops used by ppl for medicinal purposes or aesthetic enjoyment.
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-Concentric Circles
nested circles sharing same center
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-each circle represented zone best suited for particular cost of agriculture
area beyond furthest ring is considered to be too far for farmer to make profit, because transportation costs would be too high
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market
place where goods and services are sold
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milk shed
region producing milk that may be supplied to area of demand
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specialty farming
crops used by ppl for medicinal purposes or aesthetic enjoyment
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luxury crop
grown to sere other purpose other than sustaining
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impact of transportation innovations
affected model bc the advancements reduced cost of transportation enabling farmers to move more products for lower costs, making transportation costs unimportant
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impact of refrigeration
halts ripening process, so lasts longer
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applying model at national scale assumes tat there is only one market