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Title: Taking the Next Step: Improving Our Carbon Footprint from Food


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Taking the Next Step Improving Our Carbon
Footprint from Food
  • Kasey Koopmans, Caitlin Burke, John Nordin, and
    Joe Daly

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Transportation
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UK Food Basket
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Surprise!
Emissions without shipping 1920.9 Kg.
CO2/ton Emissions from shipping 374.7 Kg. CO2/ton
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Transport constitutes less than 20 percent!
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Are there factors that matter more?
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Emissions at the farm level
  • Organic versus conventional farming
  • Nitrogen fertilizer
  • Organic Solutions
  • Legume planting
  • Crop Rotations and Cover Crops

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Dietary Shift
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Conclusion
  • The distance food travels matters, but
  • Farming methods have a great impact
  • Different foods have different impacts

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The best meal is
  • Locally-grown

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  • Organically-farmed

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Vegetarian
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