Beth Huxta of Organic Gardening magazine writes:

Americans spend so much money and time on their lawns, you’d think we either eat or sell grass. More land in the United States is planted in turf–32 million acres–than in corn. The typical American lawn sucks up 10,000 gallons of supplemental water (non-rainwater) annually.

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