So whats made/grows in your area.

[puddle jumper]

Seeing that the iboats community covers the world in members. What products are made/grows in your area that I might see in one of my stores.

We have a local store that makes smoked salmon called candy salmon. It supplies Wall-mart"s around the world and I have seen it in many Wall-marts.
It would be interesting to see if it is in your store. I didn't put the companies name on the post as it may be interpreted as advertising for that company. If you would like to know the company name pm me.

So whats made/grows in your area.

 

[ajgraz]

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San Diego County is the world's leading producer of avocados and chrysanthemums.

 

[Huron Angler]

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Lots of corn, potatoes, sugar beets, mint, alfalfa, soybeans, cherries, etc.

Whirlpools, La-Z-Boy recliners and cereal among other products.

And we still manufacture automobiles here too

 

[642mx]

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So whats made/grows in your area.

15 minutes up the road from is TMMI where they make the Sienna, Highlander and Sequoia (use to be the home of the Tundra too).

GAF roofing shingles are made here in Southern Indiana... so was GE Lexan (now SABIC owns them).

Barry Plastics is here too, they make most of the cups you get at Hardee's, McDonalds, Krispe Kreme, etc.. they also make everything from trashbags to tape.

Whirlpool was here... the made fridges, but moved to Mexico a few months ago.

BWX is also here in Southern Indiana... they make everything from nuclear reactors to rocket boosters for the space shuttles.

Tyson Chicken is just down the road too... that place smells great in the summer...

Lots of industry around here... I could go on and on...

 

[avenger79]

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well let's see we have corn cheese harleys and beer. oh yeah and kohler toilets.

 

[thefairlaneman]

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NC is famous for growing Christmas trees . See picture

 

[roscoe]

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My town:
Hurd windows and doors.
Weathershield windows and doors.
Parrott custom windows.
Tombstone frozen pizzas.
DiGiorno frozen pizzas.
Jacks frozen pizzas.
Corn
Soybeans
Milk
Cheese

Within 30 miles:
Dry Cheddar cheese used for snack foods (Doritos)
Colby CHeese (originated here in Colby WI)
Abbyland Brats and sausages, they also make pork sausage patties for restaurants and fast food like Hardees.

Within 60 miles:
Leinenkugel's beer
St Croix fishing rods
Cray super computers
Nestle's Baby formula
Semco windows
SNE windows
Harley Davidson factory at Tomahawk
Several paper mills

 

[ezmobee]

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(fun and interesting plant tour there)

(had a summer internship there while in college. cool stuff)

We also make a metric ton of snack foods.

 

[JB]

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Whitt, Texas (pop. 37) claims to be the cutting horse capital of the world. Several big ranches that raise and train them. Interesting note: The best cutting horses are trained on bison, which are bigger, faster and less cooperative than mere cattle.

This area is mostly horse and cattle country with some oil and natural gas production.

 

[nlain]

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We still have a few farmers left in Ga, a lot of fresh produce in the Ga grocery stores is grown nearby.

Dairy's that means Got Milk

There are a couple of boat building facilities here in the Savannah area.

Gift wrapping paper, ribbons and bows

Vidalia Onions grown around Vidalia Ga

Pecans, Peaches, other fruits and berries, jams, jellies, candies all made with the fruits, berries and Pecans.

Hand made Pottery

Honey Bees and of course Honey

There are more things but my brain won't think of them now.

 

[Bob_VT]

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Vermont - Maple syrup

Kevlar Helmets worn by our soldiers!

Tourists!! (sure wish there was an open season on them)

Champ the Lake Champlain Lake Monster (stays in hiding)

History - The Lincoln Memorial and many other Marble buildings/monuments in Washington DC along with Headstones at Arlington Cemetery. We still are a large producer of Marble from one of the worlds largest underground quarries. Many local building are made from Marble scrap (churches, bridges, and more.) We actually have a town (Proctor VT) that has marble sidewalks.

Limestone products.

John Deere was born in VT! Joseph Smith, Jr was born here too.

 

[Fly Rod]

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Fresh salt water fish, flash frozen to your local market and lobsters.

Gorton's of Gloucester processes frozen fish into fish sticks, fish patties, distributed through out the United States and to McDonalds, Burger King etc:, found in your stores frozen section. Not one piece of fish comes from this country.

Varian - maker of semi conductor parts and is the largest employer in the city employing over 800 people.

 

[TilliamWe]

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Peoria, IL (Ok, and East Peoria, IL too!)

Well lets see, CORN and SOYBEANS. As far as the eye can see, and beyond!

Oh, and the world's largest earthmoving equipment manufacturer, (Caterpillar) and a much smaller earth moving equipment manufacturer (Komatsu).

We also have the Midwest affliate of St. Jude's Hospital.

(Roscoe, I see the Tombstone pizza truck sometimes at a fuel staion when I am driving our armored truck. I SO badly want to trade him trucks! I LOVE Tombstone pizzas!)

 

[aspeck]

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In the vicinity:

Vehicle windows (PPG)
Vehicle upolstery (Seton)
semi-conductors
Lots of milk and corn
Fiberglas products (used to make a full line of products, now most of the production has gone south or oversees)
Easter grass

 

[Don S]

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Filling for water balloons.

 

[sasto]

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Pineapples, oranges, and yachts.....
The senior citizens are growing pot!

 

[lncoop]

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Let's see, what have we Arkies contributed. Hmmmmmmmmm................
Okay, this little discount chain called Wal-Mart; oh yeah, and some little chicken company, think it's called Tyson? We also have Xpress, SeaArk, Excel boats, and other lines too that now belong to someone else. Ouchita comes to mind, now part of Grumman I believe.

 

[lncoop]

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Can't believe I forgot War Eagle! Also, the Razorbacks. Basketball's still down, but coach Petrino sure has breathed some life into the football program. How 'bout Sugar Bowl this year?

 

[eastont]

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Dryer sheets.....Proctor & Gamble makes them for all of North America

And more recently corn, because of the ethanol plant that was built 10 miles east 2 years ago.

Other than that not much is grown here except people...we have the highest per capita of old folk in all of Canada

 

[dingbat]

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We are home to the world?s largest exporter of BS