Local Food or Less Meat? Data Tells The Real Story
Intriguing article and study on the other side of the local food movement. Top level points:
- Food is transported a long way, going about 1,000 miles in delivery and over 4,000 miles across the supply chain.
- But 83% of the average U.S. household’s carbon footprint for food comes from growing and producing it. Transportation is only 11%.
- Different foods have vastly different greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity, with meat requiring far more energy to produce, and red meat being particularly egregious, requiring 150% more energy than even chicken.
According to HBR, the study concludes that if you want to reduce your food’s carbon footprint, focus on eating less meat. It claims, “Shifting less than one day per week’s worth of calories from red meat and dairy products to chicken, fish, eggs, or a vegetable-based diet achieves more greenhouse gas reduction than buying all locally sourced food.”
Interesting stuff.
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