Vegetable per capita shows strength
Excluding melons, U.S. vegetable per capita availability increased 2.7% to 153.32 pounds in 2019, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The increase in 2019 still left the total 2.5% lower than 2017, when per capita vegetable availability was 157.10 pounds.
By 2019 commodity per capita availability and percent change from 2018:
- Asparagus: 1.75 pounds, down 0.12%;
- Artichokes: 1.38 pounds, up 1.92%;
- Snap/green beans:1.78 pounds, up 8.94%;
- Broccoli; 6.14 pounds, up 3.59%;
- Cabbage; 6.46 pounds, up 13.76%;;
- Carrot: 13.61 pounds, up 11.55%;
- Cauliflower; 3.02 pounds, up 20.50%;
- Celery; 5.34 pounds, up 9.18%;
- Sweet corn; 6.77 pounds, down 0.46%;
- Cucumber: 8.01 pounds, up 0.23%;
- Eggplant; 0.88 pounds, down 3.03%;
- Escarole/endive: 0.17 pounds, down 1.17%;
- Head lettuce: 12.72 pounds; up 3.15%;
- Romaine/leaf lettuce; 12.33 pounds; up 1.71%;
- Garlic; 1.92 pounds, down 19.90%;
- Onions: 20.39 pounds, down 0.54%;
- Bell peppers: 11.31 pounds, up 1.31%;
- Pumpkin: 5.83 pounds, down 6.89%;
- Radish; 0.54 pounds, down 1.26%;
- Spinach; 2.48 pounds, up 32.50%;
- Squash; 5.87 pounds, up 3.98%;
- Southern Greens: 2.87 pounds, down 0.65%;
- Tomatoes: 20.3 pounds; up 0.09%;
- Total without melons: 153.32 pounds, up 2.74%.
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