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 Amber Waves: The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America

November 2008
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Amber Waves November 2008 > Statistics > Research Areas

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Markets and Trade


Chart: Fruit and vegetables accounted for over a third of organic retail sales in 2007

Chart: About 35 percent of organic handlers' sales went to wholesalers in 2004

Diet and Health

Chart: High and middle-income households outspend low-income households on many at-home foods

 

Farms, Firms, and Households


Chart: Million-dollar farms accounted for 2 percent of farms, 13 percent of farm assets, and 48 percent of sales of farm products in 2006

Rural America


Chart: Top five reasons why some nonmetro poor children did not receive needed medical care in 2003

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