Food Miles Calculator Highlights the Bigger Picture
Summary
For example, a punnet of strawberries that had originally come from Spain would have travelled 787 miles and created 77kg of carbon if they had been transported by plane.Buying local and organic brings huge benefits, both from the method of production and by cutting down emissions.“People often do not fully understand the impact on the environment of buying fruit and vegetables from abroad.Mike added: “It is not only the fruit coming in from abroad which adds to our environmental problems.It all helps to cut down on the ‘food mileage’ effect.”OrganicLinker.com invites people to discuss ways of lowering their food miles consumption on the forums and to calculate their food mileage at www.organicLinker.com/food-miles.cfm.###For more information please contact Mike Sharp at mesharp@gmail.com or visit www.organiclinker.com.