Disappearing diversity: A mere century ago, 15,000 kinds of apples were grown in America. Today there are 1,500.
Vanishing vegetables: Ninety-six percent of all corn varieties grown here are gone, as are 95 percent of cabbages and 81 percent of tomatoes.
A seedy business takeover: At present, four huge companies control more than half of the domestic seed market.
Water market beginning to dry up: Americans drank 8.7 billion gallons of bottled water last year, a decline of 100 million since 2007 and the first decrease of the decade.
But still thirsty: Seventy percent of U.S. consumers drink bottled water; per capita consumption was 28.5 gallons.
Number three and flowing to the top: After soda and milk, bottled water is Americas third most popular beverage, moving ahead of juice in 2008.