Source: USDA, "Profiling Food Consumption in America" http://www.usda.gov/factbook/chapter2.htm

Author Information -  During his spare time Eric writes for and maintains wannaveg.com. For his day job he works for an electronics company in San Diego, CA. Eric has been a vegetarian for about 10 years and believes that going 'green' and reducing meat consumption go hand-in-hand.