Thursday, March 7, 2013

#8 The Great Lakes and Corn Belt

The Great Lakes and Corn Belt is known to be the Agricultural Core. The Agricultural Core is the area of cultural intensity, of rural and small town. (ppt slide 2). There are eight states that are located with this region. They are Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri.
"Late 19th Century the Great Lakes and Corn Belt becomes the leading heavy-industry region in the U.S." (158).  This region had family farms, they are farms run by an individual family.  San Diego benefits through this be receiving the products mad by this region.  

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