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

3/86Percentage change, since 1971, in per capita consumption of green peas: -27

National Food Review (U.S. Department of Agriculture)

    Broccoli: +160

National Food Review (U.S. Department of Agriculture)

4/86Amount the average household spends on fresh vegetables each week: $1.74

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics