Americans’ Seafood Consumption Below Recommendations
According to ERS’s loss-adjusted food availability data, U.S. seafood consumption in 2014 averaged 2.7 ounces per week, about one-third of the recommended minimum of 8 ounces per week.
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Holding other factors constant, such as assistance from traditional disaster relief programs, findings show significant differences in income and employment growth between counties that suffered...
View ArticleIncreased Consumer Sensitivity to Food Safety Raised Financial Costs of...
During the 2 years following the December 2003 discovery of a BSE-positive cow in the United States, consumers’ purchases of ground beef fell by an average of 0.26 pounds per person following each of...
View ArticleFood Price Inflation Has Outpaced Economy-Wide Inflation in Recent Years
Throughout much of the 1990s and early 2000s, food price inflation was lower than economy-wide inflation. However in 7 of the last 9 years, food prices have posted bigger increases than overall inflation.
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