New map, database shows detailed flow of food between U.S. counties - Entrepreneur Generations

University of Illinois map; click to enlarge.

A team of University of Illinois has just developed the first high-resolution map of the U.S. food supply chain; it includes the flow of all food between U.S. counties, including grains, fruits and vegetables, animals feed, and processed items.

"To build the map, we brought together information from eight databases, including the Freight Analysis Framework from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which tracks where items are shipped around the country, and Port Trade data from the U.S. Census Bureau, which shows the international ports through which goods are traded," UI researcher Megan Konar reports for Route Fifty.

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