Grazing
- Wilderness
- Wildlife and livestock graze freely
- Produces more natural, better-quality animal products for the general public
- Slower growth rate and more expensive
- Needs the most land
- Chickens (free-range) and sheep are found in this area
- Quickly going extinct due to urbanization
- Less of them, less profit to the farmers
Forestry
- Second ring
- Products include timber and firewood
- Heavy wood is hard to carry so the forestry is located closer to the CBD
- Replenishment rate of trees is slow
- Not eco-friendly
- Commerce more focused on alternative fuels than forestry
- Prices are lower than dairy and horticulture
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Dairy & Horticulture
- First ring outside of CBD
- Fresh goods such as milk and cheese need to be transported quickly to avoid spoiling
- Products include vegetables, fruit, milk, and other dairy products.
- This is assuming the soil quality is good around the city.
- More competition means relatively lower prices
- Higher prices because it is closer to the CBD
CBD
- City
- All goods are transported into the CBD
- Node/Epicenter
- Based on an isolated state that is self-sufficient.
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Pasture and Alternative Uses
- Fourth ring
- Animals are produced here for either butchering or to be sold
- Animals can walk to the city so transportation is easy
- Needs comparatively large amount of space
- Cows, pigs, some chickens, etc. are found in this area
- Lower prices than grain
- More contained, so less organic, and more of them (more profit, less then previous rings)
Grain and Crop Rotation
- Third ring
- Products include grain, wheat and other seed products
- These products are lighter and easier to transport so they are farther away from the CBD
- Soil erosion and depletion
- Heavily dependent on rainfall
- Chemicals and runoff
- Prices are lower still than forestry
- More of this can be bought than the first two
- Can be used as feed