Food miles
Sun Mar 23 2008 8:30 pm
by Bob Morris.
Hmm, maybe flying strawberries from New Zealand to New England in January isn’t the best of all possible use of resources.
Posted in: Energy conservation.
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Lettuce from Mexico, bottled water from Figi.
I did the math: flying 1 pound of peaches from Chili to the U.S. emits 3.5 pounds of CO2. It’s pretty bad when the CO2 emitted by transportation exceeds the weight of the food.