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.