What did you learn about dietary choices from using the footprint calculator? Now imagine that you could translate what you learned into an effective societal policy on food- what would it be? And how would this policy effect the need to alleviate world hunger?
925 million people on earth do not have enough to eat according to the FAO [Food and Agricultural Organization]. That's almost 1 in 7 inhabitants of our planet!
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Does food contribute to carbon footprint?
Food's carbon footprint is the greenhouse gas emissions produced by growing, rearing, farming, processing, transporting, storing, cooking, and disposing the food you eat. These habits effect our own carbon footprints.
Yes it does. It is one of the main sources of your carbon footprint. beef it a major contributor to climate change. First of all, when cows burp or fart they produce methane which is a type of green house gas. they also take up a lot of space and they eat a lot. When there is more demand for them they breed them more often which means more greenhouse gasses entering the atmosphere. Also, processed foods are made in factories which produces plastic. That plastic finds its way into the ocean and kills animals. So to answer your question yes food contributes to your carbon footprint.
Yes, I agree that food production produces a lot of carbon in our environment. Growing beef produces lots of greenhouse gasses into the air. The cows eat grass and fart out methane into our environment. Then the grass is gone and they must move to a new field. Then packaging in plastic and shipping it out to places put more carbon into the air because of the fuel used. Storing it you need fuel to cool or electricity. This is only one example of food. There are so many foods traveling around the world. Food is a huge contributor to our carbon footprint and buying local helps reduce that
Food is one of the main contributors to a family's carbon footprint. Food contributes between 10 and 30 percent of a household's carbon footprint, with lower-income households often contributing more. Food carbon emissions come from production 68% of the time and from transportation 5%. Meat products have a larger carbon footprint due to the ineffective conversion of plant to animal energy, and the CH4 emitted during manure management. In an average American household, eliminating food transport for a year saves the equivalent of the carbon released when driving 1,000 miles, while switching to a vegetarian dinner one day a week could save the equivalent of the carbon emitted when driving 1,160 miles. Although all meat has a larger carbon footprint, beef has the largest carbon footprint out of the other types of meat. In closing, although food might seem like it would affect the environment, it plays a large role in a family's carbon footprint.
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