HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Dairying and intensive farming occur in the ring closest to the city. Since vegetables, fruit, milk and other dairy products must get to market quickly, they would be produced close to the city (remember, we didn’t have refrigerated oxcarts!)

Detailed explanation-2: -The main assumption of Von Thunen’s model is that agricultural land use is formed as concentric circles around the central market; the latter consumes all the surplus production, which must be transported from the rural areas to the market.

Detailed explanation-3: -What are the four rings of the Von Thunen model? Von Thunen’s model centers around the city center and market. Concentric zones outward form the first ring with dairy and produce, the second ring with wood, the third ring with grains, and the fourth ring with ranching and livestock.