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"Buying Local" Means "Selling Local" - Using a Transportation Alliance of environmental and Food Horticulture Producers in Georgia

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  • Stegelin, Forrest E.
  • Houston, Jack E.
  • Compte, Javier Mantilla
  • Thomas, Paul A.
  • Chappell, Matthew R.

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The costs of transporting agricultural products to market and of the acquisition of production inputs are of concern to environmental and food horticulture crops producers. This study is to determine if transportation alliances would reduce shipping costs, increase distribution efficiencies and reduce carbon dioxide emissions among floriculture, ornamental plants, and fruit and vegetable producers in Georgia. Using data from surveys and the ArcLogistics 9.3 GIS software, routing systems were developed to show cost savings opportunities. The results indicated nearly ten percent reductions in average total cost savings to producers, average total miles driven savings, average number of trucks savings, average hours driving savings, and average carbon dioxide (carbon footprint) savings.

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  • Stegelin, Forrest E. & Houston, Jack E. & Compte, Javier Mantilla & Thomas, Paul A. & Chappell, Matthew R., 2011. ""Buying Local" Means "Selling Local" - Using a Transportation Alliance of environmental and Food Horticulture Producers in Georgia," 2011 Annual Meeting, February 5-8, 2011, Corpus Christi, Texas 98766, Southern Agricultural Economics Association.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:saea11:98766
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.98766
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