Food Facts: When Corporations Rule Our Food

Just interesting facts that make great “food for thought” …

• Fact: 66% of adult Americans are overweight or obese
• Fact: In the US, 4 companies pack 85% of beef, 66% of pork and crush 80% of soybeans
• Fact: Agri-Corporations produce 98%of poultry in US
• Fact: In 2006, farms larger than 2000 acres made up 4% of all farms receiving government aid, but they got 27% of the money
• Fact: In 2000, 25% of corn and 54% of soybeans grown in US were genetically modified. In 2008, the numbers were 80% and 92%
• Fact: In 1967, US per capita consumption of high fructose corn syrup was .03 pounds per year. In 2006, it was 58.2
• Fact: Iceberg lettuce, frozen and fried potatoes, potato chips, and canned tomatoes make up almost 1/2 of US vegetable consumption

What do you think? Pretty eye-opening, no?
Your comments are welcome…

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