| 'Cool Foods' for a Warming Planet |
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| Written by Kiki Hubbard | |
| Monday, 21 April 2008 | |
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Drive less. Replace your light bulbs. Buy energy-efficient appliances. We've heard it all before. But what about our forks? Eighteen percent of global greenhouse gas emissions occur somewhere between the farm and our fork, so our food choices can either exacerbate or mitigate the problems associated with global warming. Thanks to the Center for Food Safety and CornerStone Campaign, we now have some guidance. Their new Cool Foods Campaign tells us how we can reduce our "FoodPrint" through food decisions that require less fossil fuel for production and transportation, such as local, organically grown whole foods. To complement the campaign, author Anna Lappe introduced her new blog called Take a Bite, a project of the Small Planet Institute. The campaign was launched a day after the International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development (a committee commissioned by the UN and World Bank) released a report that calls for a drastic change to modern agricultural practices, citing a need for local food consumption and less dependence on fossil fuels and pesticides. Interested in knowing your FoodPrint? Visit the Food Carbon Footprint Calculator. Source: Center for Food Safety |
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