Visitor Industry Agriculture Traveling west and south to the far reaches of Miami-Dade County, the landscape shifts.
Suburban development gives way to green fields and groves.
Quickly it becomes apparent that agriculture remains a key ingredient in the area's economy. Measurement of the output of fruits, vegetables and tropical foliage plants shows that this is a one billion dollar industry. Approximately 1,600 farms and nurseries operating on 83,000 acres of land employ more than 20,000 workers. This region is the top vegetable supplier for the United States during the winter months. Tomatoes, bush and pole beans, new potatoes, yellow squash, zucchini and corn grown in South Florida account for half of the country's output of these vegetables.