Sentence examples for billion lbs of from inspiring English sources

In 2011, the United States produced 5.79 billion lbs of turkey - a 7.4percentt drop from the 6.25 billion lbs produced in 2008, according to USDA data.

The nation consumed about 5.02 billion lbs of turkey in 2011 - 6.6 percent less than the 5.37 billion lbs in 2008.

However, adding the "carbon debt" resulting from the additional cleared land required by the two-thirds less efficient grass finishing process (26.6 million acres × 10,400 lb/acre/year, or 276.6 billion lb/year) results in the organic system totaling 770 billion lb of CO2-equivalent GHG emissions; or 58% higher than the conventional system's total of 487.5 billion lb.

Using the 22 lb of CO2-equivalent GHG per pound of grain-fed beef from Johnson et al. (2003) and the 22.3 lb CO2-equivalent GHG per pound of beef for organic grass of Cederberg and Stadig (2003), each system producing 22.16 billion lb of beef would directly and indirectly result in 487.5 and 494.2 billion lb of CO2-equivalent GHG emissions, respectively.

For every dollar you charge, Sustain Green, which manages the rewards program, will offset two lbs of CO2.

But fair trade represented just 1.6% of the three hundred million lbs of coffee purchased by the multinational in the last financial year.

Started a business selling grow-your-own-mushroom kits using 1 million lbs of recycled coffee grounds.

CHICAGO, May 19 (Reuters) - A Michigan meat processing plant has recalled 1.8 million lbs of ground beef for possible contamination with the E.coli bacteria, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service FSISS) announced on Monday.

USDA said Wolverine Packing Co in Detroit is recalling the 1.8 million lbs of ground beef products produced between March 31 and April 18 after FSIS was notified of a case of E.coli 0157 H7 illness on May 12. FSIS and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention traced the case to the Wolverine Packing Company.

In 2009, Grenada produced over 1.5 million lbs of poultry, an increase over previous years.

TRI data from 2000 indicate that North Carolina is home to 874 TRI sites, releasing > 126 million lb of contaminants to the air.