How Far Do Your Fruit and Vegetables Travel?

April 2002

Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

This chart and illustration show the average shipping distance for fresh fruits and vegetables at the Chicago Terminal Market, based on the Leopold Center's 2001 Food, Fuel and Freeways study.

 

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This page was found at http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/pubs-and-papers/2002-04-fruit-and-vegetables-travel on 01/21/2013