LAMB
There are more than 100,000 sheep farms in the U.S., and they produce over 300 million pounds of lamb each year.
Lamb is a very ancient food, and sheep were probably domesticated about 12,000 years ago. There is positive evidence they were domesticated by 8900 B.C. in Iraq and Romania. Some of the oldest traditional recipes come from Greece and date back several thousand years.
In 2002 American meat packers produced 222 million pounds of lamb and mutton.
Per Capita Consumption of Lamb & Mutton in U.S. (2003): 1.2 lbs
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