Fruit and Vegetable Consumption: Looking Ahead to 2020 by Biing-
Hwan Lin Agriculture Information Bulletin No. (AIB-792-7) 4 pp,
November 2004 Rising income, higher educational attainment,
improved diet and health knowledge, more frequent eating out,
and a growing population that will become older and more diverse
in race and ethnicity are all shaping U.S. agricultural
consumption. These effects are analyzed using data from the
1994-96 and 1998 Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by
Individuals. We then project the consumption of 25 food groups
and 22 commodity groups, including various fruit and vegetable
groups, to 2020. Keywords: Fruits, vegetables, food consumption
trends, food costs, food expenditures, food assistance programs,
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