Decline in per capita vegetable and pulse availability

Annual per capita availability (a proxy for consumption) of vegetables and pulses over the same period averaged 386 pounds—down approximately 1 percent from a decade earlier when average per capita availability was 389 pounds.

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U.S. Department of Agriculture. (2024). Vegetables and Pulses. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/crops/vegetables-and-pulses. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2NVAQK5CM9DHGCS6AF9QAAS

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U.S. Department of Agriculture. "Vegetables and Pulses." 2024, https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/crops/vegetables-and-pulses. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2NVAQK5CM9DHGCS6AF9QAAS.

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U.S. Department of Agriculture. "Vegetables and Pulses." 2024. https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/crops/vegetables-and-pulses. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2NVAQK5CM9DHGCS6AF9QAAS.

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@misc{usda2024declinef9qaas, author = {{U.S. Department of Agriculture}}, title = {Vegetables and Pulses}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2NVAQK5CM9DHGCS6AF9QAAS}, note = {Original source: https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/crops/vegetables-and-pulses. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }

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Record last modified 16 September 2026. Value type: estimate. Update cadence: annual. This page is permanently addressable at statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2NVAQK5CM9DHGCS6AF9QAAS.