World of Statistics(@stats_feed):Foods That Require the Most Land to Produce (Land Use per lb of Food): 🐑 Lamb & Mutton: 1,806 ft²/lb (370 m²/kg) 🐄 Beef (Beef Herd): 1,593 ft²/lb 🧀 Cheese: 429 ft²/lb 🍫 Dark Chocolate: 337 ft²/lb 🐄 Beef (Dairy Herd): 211 ft²/lb ☕ Coffee: 106 ft²/lb 🐖 Pork: 85 ft²/lb 🌰 Tree Nuts: 63 ft²/lb 🐔 Poultry: 60 ft²/lb 🥜 Groundnuts: 45 ft²/lb 🥛 Milk: 44 ft²/lb 🐟 Fish: 41 ft²/lb 🫛 Peas: 36 ft²/lb 🥚 Eggs: 31 ft²/lb 🌾 Wheat: 19 ft²/lb Source: Poore & Nemecek (2018), Science. Based on a global analysis of 570 studies covering roughly 38,700 farms across 119 countries and 40 food products. Data processed and published by Our World in Data.

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Foods That Require the Most Land to Produce (Land Use per lb of Food): 🐑 Lamb & Mutton: 1,806 ft²/lb (370 m²/kg) 🐄 Beef (Beef Herd): 1,593 ft²/lb 🧀 Cheese: 429 ft²/lb 🍫 Dark Chocolate: 337 ft²/lb 🐄 Beef (Dairy Herd): 211 ft²/lb ☕ Coffee: 106 ft²/lb 🐖 Pork: 85 ft²/lb 🌰 Tree Nuts: 63 ft²/lb 🐔 Poultry: 60 ft²/lb 🥜 Groundnuts: 45 ft²/lb 🥛 Milk: 44 ft²/lb 🐟 Fish: 41 ft²/lb 🫛 Peas: 36 ft²/lb 🥚 Eggs: 31 ft²/lb 🌾 Wheat: 19 ft²/lb Source: Poore & Nemecek (2018), Science. Based on a global analysis of 570 studies covering roughly 38,700 farms across 119 countries and 40 food products. Data processed and published by Our World in Data.

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