1

Miles traveled by typical plate of food in US:

1,500

2

Miles traveled by typical plate of food from CSA or farmers’ market:

45

3

Percentage change in international trade in food since 1980:

+200

4

Percentage change in international trade in food since 1970:

+1,800

5

Percentage of US commodity transport devoted to agricultural products:

30

6

Percentage of US energy consumption used by the food system:

20

7

Rank of food system’s contribution to greenhouse gas emissions, compared with other sectors of economy:

1

8

Last year that North Pole melted:

2001

9

Years since previous time North Pole melted:

50,000,000

10

Percentage change in US use of pesticides since 1945:

+3,200

11

Percentage of American children with measurable amounts of pesticide in their urine:

90

12

Estimated number of farmers killed annually by pesticides, worldwide:

30,000

13

Percentage of supermarket beef and poultry found contaminated with salmonella:

20

14

Percentage change in salmonella poisoning cases in US since 1980:

+100

15

Pounds of contaminated beef recalled by ConAgra in 2002:

19,000,000

16

Amount of antibiotics used in US on livestock for human consumption, in tons:

12,500

17

Rank of ‘antibiotic use on livestock’ among reasons for antibiotic resistance of food-borne pathogens:

1

18

Miles of river in US polluted by runoff from hog, chicken and cattle factory farms:

35,000

19

Percentage of meals eaten in US that are ‘fast food’:

25

20

Number of new processed foods marketed each year in US:

10,000

21

Estimated percentage of processed foods containing genetically-engineered ingredients:

67

22

Percentage change in number of US farmers since 1950:

-65

23

Percentage of US food dollar going to input suppliers, middlemen and marketers:

91

24

Percentage of US food dollar going to typical farmer:

9

25

Percentage of food dollar going to CSA or farmers’ market farmer:

80

26

Percentage change in revenue generated for local economy from buying local food:

+44

27

Number of reasons to buy global food rather than local food:

0