Peanut Butter's Environmental Wake
Growing the peanuts
The Peanuts are planted in states such as Texas, Georgia, and Virginia. It takes 772 peanuts to make a 16.3 oz jar of peanut butter.
Making the peanut butter
Peanuts are transported to Arkansas where they are then turned into peanut butter
The peanut butter is then packaged and sent all over and put into stores so that we can buy it and enjoy the tasty peanut butter. About 90 million jars are bought every year.