Vegetable Consumption Up
Roast beets with gravy? Brussels
sprouts with spaghetti? Even if
these dishes aren’t appearing on
your dinner table, other vegetable
main dishes probably are.
Americans have been eating more
vegetables during the past 5 years.
EBS reports that our consumption
of fresh and processed vegetables
swelled from 209 pounds in 1967 to
223 pounds in 1973.
Part of the rising popularity of
vegetables has to do with prices—
price hikes for processed vegetables
in particular have been slower than
for most other foods. This encour
ages the use of vegetables as entrees
or to extend more expensive meat
dishes.
Tomatoes led the increase in
canned vegetable consumption. Use
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of tomatoes and tomato products—
which account for half of all canned
vegetables—gained 5 pounds per
person between 1967 and 1973. Much
of the increase came in the last 2
years. Also, canned peas enjoyed
bigger demand in 1978 after lagging
some in recent years.
Frozen vegetable use (excluding
potatoes) perked up in 1978 after
holding steady since 1970. Most of
the growth was due to the success of
frozen corn-on-the-cob. In contrast,
lima bean use drooped, and a small
1972 crop of peas led to smaller con
sumption in both 1972 and 1973.
There was little change in fresh
vegetable use between 1967 and 1973.
Most salad items, including lettuce,
tomatoes, cucumbers, and peppers,
posted advances.
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Conservation District
Schedules Tree Sale
Lancaster County farmers
and other landowners will
get a chance in the next few
weeks to order vigorous
three-year*old trees tor
planting next spring. Four
varieties will be offered,
they’ll come in packets of ten
trees, and they’ll be sold for
$1 a packet.
Each packet will contain
only one kind of tree. Species
to be offered include Norway
Spruce, Blue Spruce, White
Pine and Douglas Fir. In*
eluded with each order will
be a flyer explaining the
proper planting procedures.
Proceeds from the tree
sale will go into the treasury
of the District’s Youth
Board, which is composed of
conservation - minded
youngsters from county
school districts. Youth Board
members also plan to have
booths at area farm shows,
where they will be handing
out order forms for the trees.
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Buyers will be able to pick
up their trees next spring at
the public high schools in
their school districts. The
trees will be distributed on
April 22, 1975, between 4:00
p.m. and 6:00 p.m.
To order trees, buyers can
either contact any youth
board member during one of
the farm shows, or they can
fill out the order blank below
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