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Digital Document
Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Description
Florida is the major supplier of winter vegetables in the United States.
This dominance is examined historically and geographically during the
time span 1937-1974 to determine the reasons, causes, and extent of this
dominance. The gravity model is used to analyze the significance of the
major markets to the Florida supply and the significance of the Florida
supply to the markets. Distance and size of the market were found to be
strongly related to flows from Florida. The greater stability of the
larger northeastern markets was considered in relation to several socioeconomic
characteristics. Intra-state measures of market and physical
losses, production totals, county acreages, and regional shifts of crop
emphasis are examined geographically. It was found that Florida acreage
totals increased over time as did relative production and that there was
a southern production shift. Beans showed the greatest county stability
and cucumbers the least.
This dominance is examined historically and geographically during the
time span 1937-1974 to determine the reasons, causes, and extent of this
dominance. The gravity model is used to analyze the significance of the
major markets to the Florida supply and the significance of the Florida
supply to the markets. Distance and size of the market were found to be
strongly related to flows from Florida. The greater stability of the
larger northeastern markets was considered in relation to several socioeconomic
characteristics. Intra-state measures of market and physical
losses, production totals, county acreages, and regional shifts of crop
emphasis are examined geographically. It was found that Florida acreage
totals increased over time as did relative production and that there was
a southern production shift. Beans showed the greatest county stability
and cucumbers the least.
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