by Beth Goulart

In November, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics published the results of its 2007 Consumer Expenditure Survey. Sounds boring enough. But there's a category for food, so it caught my attention.

Photo: A delivery of produce from Greenling stocks my fridge for the week for $34.99.

And I'm glad it did. There's a lot to think about in the numbers that summarize how much Americans spend on food. Personally, I spend a lot of time thinking about produce consumption - why so many of us eat alarmingly few fruits and veggies - so I was especially drawn to the numbers about how much we spend on those.