66.5 million tons
133 billion lbs. in 2010 (approximately 30% of the food supply)
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40.7 million tons
81.4 billion lbs. in 2017
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40% of the food supply
Measured in 2003 (equals approximately 86 million tons or 172 billion lbs. in 2010 using the same food-supply and consumption-pattern estimates used by USDA in its estimate)
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62.5 million tons
125 billion lbs. in 2015
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