7/84Cost of planting the average 25-by-50-foot American vegetable garden: $25

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    Value of the average garden’s yield of fruits and vegetables: $414

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4/85Total acres in the United States occupied by shopping centers and malls: 59,129

National Research Bureau (Chicago)

    By vegetable gardens: 1,300,000

Gardens for All (Burlington, Vt.) and The Gallup Organization (Princeton, N.J.)

10/03Chance on any given day that the only “vegetables” served in a U.S. public school are potatoes: 1 in 2

USDA Food and Nutrition Service (Alexandria, Va.)

10/98Minimum amount of salsa that USDA regulations allow a public school to offer as a serving of vegetables, in tablespoons: 2

U.S. Department of Agriculture

7/95Average number of peas in a pod: 8

Thompson & Morgan (Jackson, N.J.)