Bean Data-Gripping

[David3]

According to the United States Department of Agriculture, there has been a recent, rapid rise in bean/lentil/pea consumption in the United States.
Link: https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/chart-gallery/gallery/chart-detail/?chartId=92977

The "peas and lentils" legume group has really grown in popularity. According to the USDA, this is because hummus has become so popular

This chart only goes up to 2017. I'm guessing that bean consumption is even higher now, because of the mainstream popularity of Beyond Meat and the Impossible Burger.

Pretty good news, eh?

 

[David3]

Wow:
Link: https://brandongaille.com/17-hummus-industry-statistics-and-trends/

 

[Lou]

I read or heard somewhere that SE USA tobacco farmers, because of declining tobacco demand were converting the field to chickpeas.

oh google, thank you.

Hummus is so popular, tobacco farmers switch to chickpeas

Now that cigarette sales are on the decline, tobacco farmers in Virginia are looking for a new crop to cultivate. The unlikely candidate? The chickpea! According to The Wall Street Journal, Americans are eating A LOT of hummus (“refrigerated flavored spreads” raked in $530 million last year) and...

www.today.com

oh sheesh, my brain! I can't remember what I had for lunch yesterday but I can remember a stupid little chickpea article from 7 years ago.