Food Carbon Footprint
I've discussed the environmental impact of food before - some people say it is responsible for up a third of our carbon emissions. Yesterday's Observer has some figures for just how much carbon different meals can produce on their way to your plate:
Carbon Heavy: meat, veg & wine from the southern hemisphere: 10 000g per serving
Carbon Average: organic european meat, veg & wine: 3 000g per serving
Carbon Lean: local vegan organic food, organic local beer: 200g per serving
I think that speaks for itself!
Labels: carbon footprint, food
posted by Gareth Kane @ 10:27 AM
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Do you have a link to this article? I can't seem to find it on the website.
Me neither (or I would have put the link in). The Observer seems to be the Cinderella of Guardian Unlimited.
Since you're interested in the topic, I've just done a carbon analysis of wine. I'm surprised to see it lumped in the same category as the meats from down under. Livestock animals create a lot of methane. Container shipping is quite a carbon efficient form of transport.
I am a university student at Teesside and I am currently in my third year of design marketing. My final year brief is about food carbon footprint using design to make the british consumer more aware. I am very interested to talk to you, if you have anytime at all, my email: olivia.monaghan@ntlworld.com
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