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19

Percent of U.S. fossil fuel consumption used for food production

225

Pounds of organic produce yielded by Michelle Obama’s White House garden to date

10

Percent of income spent on food in the U.S., down from 18 percent in 1966

2 million

The number of farms in the U.S. today, down from 6.8 million in 1935

Sources: Time Magazine