The Von Thunen Model

Luxury crop

________: grown to sere other purpose other than sustaining.

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.

Dont fit model bc products

________ are marked up and can be sold for high profit and excess cost of transportation passed onto consumer.

Specialty farming

________: crops used by ppl for medicinal purposes or aesthetic enjoyment.

-Concentric Circles

nested circles sharing same center

-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

market

place where goods and services are sold

milk shed

region producing milk that may be supplied to area of demand

specialty farming

crops used by ppl for medicinal purposes or aesthetic enjoyment

luxury crop

grown to sere other purpose other than sustaining

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

impact of refrigeration

halts ripening process, so lasts longer

applying model at national scale assumes tat there is only one market

in US, it would be New York City