Discussion:
International Trade and Trade Between States
You are eating a fruit salad that contains the following ingredients: bib lettuce, bananas, apples, coconut, kiwi, mango, avocado, figs, and almonds. Make a list or each item in your salad and their countries of origin. Include why each fruit grows well in that particular area. Then, search the Internet to determine what crops are grown in the Washington D.C. area (if any).
1. How many items in your salad were locally grown?
2. How dependent on international trade and trade between states are we?
3. Discuss the impact of the movement of food around the world.