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Serious Green: Which Foods Travel the Farthest?
foodandwaterwatch.org/food/global-grocer Picture the produce in your crisper right now. Without taking a peek, do you know where those onions were grown? What about that eggplant? And where does that frozen cauliflower get bagged? Unless we're buying from a farmers' market, most of us don't pay much attention to where our food grows--in walking down the supermarket aisles we look for the reddest, crispest bell pepper, without always noting its origin. But minimizing food miles is one of the easiest ways to protect the planet. The shorter the distance your food travels, the less energy was expended in getting it to your shopping cart. Plus, buying local supports the farmers in your own area. Which foods usually travel the farthest?...The Myth of Food Miles
Does buying locally really help save the environment? Depending on how and when the produce is grown and stored, maybe not. The Observer investigates the myth of food miles, pointing out that judging the environmental impact of food solely on the distance the food traveled to get to your plate is too simplistic. Many factors go into calculating the amount of carbon emitted by a food that make it difficult to predict its carbon footprint. "There is only one way of being sure that you cut down on your carbon emissions when buying food: stop eating meat, milk, butter and cheese," said Tara Garnett of the Food Climate Research Network....Congressional Committee to Talk Food Miles Today
For those of you following U.S. Congressional action on carbon footprints and food miles, the House of Representatives Select Subcommittee on Energy Independence and Global Warming will hold a hearing on these issues today at 2 p.m. ET. Food for Thought: A Primer on the Climate Consequences of Food Choices will be streamed live at globalwarming.house.gov/home. Foodies might note that the executive director of the Chez Panisse Foundation will be among the experts taking part in the panel....Food Miles Are Not Black and White
Financial Times contributor Sarah Murray weighs in on the "food miles" diet. Murray, the author of Moveable Feasts: From Ancient Rome to the 21st Century, the Incredible Journeys of the Food We Eat, writes: The "food miles" diet is a neat concept. The trouble is, the distance food is transported is not necessarily an accurate measure of its environmental impact. Her analysis is noteworthy for its clearheadedness....The Rules for Food Travel Might Be Changing
The concept of "food miles," or how far food has traveled before we buy it, has become the latest hot button for environmental food activists. And just when you thought the notion of food miles would be another compelling reason to buy local comes a study that suggests that computing real food miles leads to sometimes counterintuitive conclusions, namely that some locally sourced and grown food can leave a far heavier carbon footprint than foods shipped thousands of miles. In a thoughtful piece on the New York Times op-ed page this morning, James McWilliams draws this remarkably level-headed conclusion: We must also be prepared to accept that buying local is not necessarily beneficial for the environment. As much as this...Hot Topics: Technique of the Week | The Food Lab
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