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AGEC 250: Economic Geography of World Food and Resources

This guide provides information and resources that may be helpful for anyone taking AGEC 250.

Course Resources

To identify grocery stores in the US using Reference USA, take the following steps:

  1. Go into the U.S. Businesses database
  2. Select the Advanced Search tab
  3. In the left menu under Business Type, select Keyword/SIC/NAICS
  4. Search for grocery
  5. Select all appropriate options (you can ignore the options under Related Matches - these will show up if you choose the parent option)
  6. In the upper right corner, select View Results
  7. To see these businesses on a map, select Heat Map
  8. Zoom in to see the actual businesses on a map