48 Interesting Food Facts You Probably Don't Know

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has been collecting interesting food facts and data, as well as on agriculture, in over 200 countries around the world since 1961. These huge banks of data teach us a lot about the food production around the world but can be a little heavy to easily comprehend.

That’s why they’ve created this infographic that simply displays a number of statistics, food facts and agriculture around the world. A quick glance is sure to reveal some stats you have never seen or even considered before. Like the fact that 80% of all livestock is made up of poultry birds or that there are over 1 billion sheep in the world.

If you want to understand a little bit more about the planet and the food and plants that make it up, this collection of agriculture and interesting food facts is a top place to start.