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Welcome to Tropical Farm! I'm Lou and I'll be 

showing you my farm today! A quick summary for 

where we are: we are near the capital of Coconut 

Island, Tropicana and that is why Tropical Farm is 

located here. We have to supply food to all over the 

area and export food to America and Australia. 

The size of the farm is about 250 acres of land 

because we are a commercial sustainable farm. We 

supply to the almost all regions of Coconut Island.

The agriculture we practice is sustainable 

commercial farming. The farm is big enough to 

feed local regions. Machinery is used because 

the farm is more than a couple of acres and we 

have the demand from people of our land and 

other countries. The machinery that we used 

are tractors, plows, and irrigation sprinklers. 

We also have to export our foods.

The crops our farm grows are mostly fruits and 

vegetables. We do not have many animals 

other than chickens for laying eggs. Coconut 

Island is very health conscious, so there is high 

demand for fruits and veggies. 

Our farm is subsidized by the government 

because it is more expensive to farm 

organically, and buy organically, so they make 

up for loss.

We transport our crops around Coconut Island 

by truck or train because this is a small island, 

and everything is pretty close. When we export 

to Australia and the US we use an airplane so 

the food is as fresh as can be. 

Our target customers here at Tropical Farm are 

people seeking a healthy lifestyle filled with 

healthy foods. Organic farming has a lot of 

rules and regulations, so after all is done we 

hope the customers are satisfied.

Some problems with the farm at first were that 

there was so much sunshine and not enough 

rain! The crops needed this so we were not 

thriving as a business, but then we got an 

irrigation system. Another problem is always 

making sure what we do is within the 

regulations, but we hired a woman whose main 

job is to make sure everything is properly 

done.

Our farm regarding Von Thunen's Model is in 

the first ring. We are closest to the city, right 

outside the capital. This is because of our 

products. Fruits and vegetables are 

perishables, so we need to be close to the 

source.

About half of our economy is based off 

agriculture. There is the right soil for growing 

here, and it is apart of the culture to farm. As 

Coconut Island developed more and more it went 

from subsistence to commercial. Commercial 

farming is successful here for exporting to other 

countries as well.

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