Where did your Thanksgiving turkey come from?

Image Courtesy of Malene Thyssen

Ever wonder where your turkey comes from? How about the origins of other Thanksgiving staples like cranberries, sweet potatoes, and green beans?

Thanks to the guys at ESRI you can now find out! Using USDA data from 2007, ESRI created a pretty slick map to point out where these popular Thanksgiving items come from. Each item is mapped separately to avoid a cluttered look, so you'll have to click through four to get the full picture. Everything is displayed in a proportional symbol format, with the symbol of choice being simple colored circle and the unit being a county. Clicking a county will bring up a pop up that allows you to see how many turkeys were sold and acres of sweet potatoes, green beans, or cranberries were grown for the county.

Go take a look at check it out for yourself here. Some of it is pretty obvious, but who knew that the vast majority of cranberries were grown in four states?