Doesn't the cetral part of the U.S. receive plant-grown produce from the eastern U.S?

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punchy71

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Greetings,
Doesn't the central part of the U.S. receive plant-grown produce from the eastern one third of the U.S. at all, either in the past or in the present? I just read in a book that the central part of the U.S. (the "midwest"), received reefers "loaded with Pacific Fruit Express produce from California" (in the past anyway). So that says something for the western one-third sending plant-grown produce this direction but nothing said about the eastern third... I know the midwest is able to generate some plant-grown produce itself and sends it back east via rail (apparently), but not the other way around... :confused:
Thanks
 
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Most crops raised on the East Coast and the South East (timber, tobacco and cotton come to mind) were processed locally or within the region and shipped out via East Coast ports and southern ports such as New Orleans and Houston.
 



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