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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

The average American's food travels 1,500-2,500 miles before reaching his/her table

Learning where our food comes from:

Places we import (some of) our food from:
Chelan, WA-0 miles (apples, lettuce)
Stehekin, WA-0 miles (by car) (kale)
Tonasket, WA-80 miles (beef)
Eugene, OR-174 miles (coffee)
Roy, WA-213 miles (eggs)
Palouse, WA-213 miles (flour, lentils, garbanzo beans)
Euphrata, WA-61.2 miles (cod, salmon)
Brewster, WA-27.2 miles (potatoes)
Seattle, WA-180 miles (cream, milk, cheese)
Twisp, WA-52.3 miles (whole wheat flour)
Pendleton, OR-238 miles (pork)
California (Sysco Central)-aprox. 872 miles (lettuce, oranges, cream of wheat, kale)
Guatemala-aprox. 3,551 miles (coffee)
Alaska-aprox. 2,281 miles (cod, salmon)

What ratio of the food we researched comes from Washington?
9:14 or 9 of 14 or 9/14 

What percentage is that?
64%

What ratio of the food we researched comes from California?
4:14 or 4 of 14 or 4/14

What percentage is that?
28%

What is the mean (average) distance our food travels?
547.48 miles

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