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Fruit and Vegetable Consumption: Looking Ahead to 2020

  • by Biing-Hwan Lin
  • 11/12/2004
  • AIB-792-7

Overview

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.

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