Is there a website to measure and compare the greenhouse emissions of certain foods?
Is there a website to measure and compare the greenhouse emissions of certain foods?
Hey all,
While I'm aware that most issues regarding reducing greenhouse gasses land more on companies and governments than they do on individual responsibility, I still want to work on forming my diet to overall be more climate-friendly.
I'm curious if there's a website that compares the carbon footprint of certain foods. Since I'm currently modifying my diet to be more healthy and nutritious, I was also thinking about maybe making some changes where possible that are more friendly to the environment.
What brought up this thought is that I'm currently making sweetened drinks at home using zero-calorie sweeteners, and with the options I have available and how little they differ from one another in my eyes, I was curious which option between Stevia and Sucralose was more environmentally friendly, and then it became a more general question as to where I can compare these things.
Thanks in advance!
A big part of it will be transport costs. Anything you get from a local farmers market will be infinitely better than what you get shipped around the world.I am wrong: https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/what-is-the-climate-impact-of-eating-meat-and-dairy/
Yeah, aware of the fact that meat tends to be a big issue with carbon emissions and environmental sustainability. While I'm not *currently* planning on being vegan, I'm definitely cutting out beef and pork and replacing them with chicken and fish for the time being for both diet and environmental reasons.
Overall trying to reduce the amount of meat I eat regardless, and I'm glad that's been an easy change so far.
Don't read too much into the URL, seems there is a wealth of information there (Although there are likely some author biases as play).
Interestingly, most of the beef greenhouse gasses are from them producing methane during their lifetime. Which means if your goal is to prevent greenhouse gasses, not eating them isnt enough, you also need to cull the herds as well, which I doubt is gonna make many vegans happy either.
I still personally believe buying local is probably the best bet, and that you'll go mad trying to look up every ingredients impact, but good luck :)
This one was sponsored by the french government (french language). There is a section for food and one for vegetables. https://impactco2.fr/outils