It takes only 40 days for most Americans to earn enough income to pay for their food supply for the entire year, but 124 days to earn enough to pay federal, state and local taxes for a year.
Food is most affordable in the United States.
Annual per capita consumption of milk is 294.5 pounds. Farmers and ranchers provide food and habitat for 75 percent of the nation's wildlife. Farmers and ranchers receive only 20 cents out of every dollar you spend on food at home and away from home. In 1980, famrers received 31 cents. Agriculture is the nation's largest employer with more than 22 milion people working in some phase - from growing food and fiber to selling it at the supermarket.