I am forwarding to this list a posting that just appeared on the Community Food listserve (national, out of Tufts University). Sandy
>What follows are several new reports on food miles and lifecycle >greenhouse gas emissions. Angie > >Assessing fuel efficiency and CO2 emissions of two local food distribution >options in Iowa >Study looked at which method was most energy efficient: farmer delivery or >customer pick-up of food products for an Iowa Community Supported >Agriculture (CSA) enterprise. Written by Rich Pirog and ISU graduate >student Rebecca Rasmussen. ><http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/pubs/staff/files/fuel0608.pdf>http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/pubs/staff/files/fuel0608.pdf > >Do food miles matter? >The benefits of eating locally grown food may not extend to curbing global >warming, according to a comprehensive study of greenhouse gas emissions >from U.S. food. ><http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/esthag-w/2008/apr/science/ee_foodmiles.html>http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/esthag-w/2008/apr/science/ee_foodmiles.html > >Follow That French Fry: Food Miles and Roadway Damage >Texas Department of Transportation "Keep Texas Moving" ><http://www.dot.state.tx.us/publications/government_and_public_affairs/french_fry.pdf>www.dot.state.tx.us/publications/government_and_public_affairs/french_fry.pdf > > > > >Angie Tagtow, MS, RD, LD >Food & Society Policy Fellow >Connecting Soil to Food to Health ><http://www.foodandsocietyfellows.org>www.foodandsocietyfellows.org > >Managing Editor >Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition ><http://JHEN.HaworthPress.com>http://JHEN.HaworthPress.com > >Owner >Environmental Nutrition Solutions >An ecological approach to food and health >13464 NE 46th Street >Elkhart, Iowa 50073 >515.367.5200 ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >www.environmentalnutritionsolutions.com _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
