Your Questions About Food and Climate Change, Answered—How to shop, cook and eat in a warming world
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/30/dining/climate-change-food-eating-habits.html
Source: By Julia Moskin, Brad Plumer, Rebecca Lieberman and Eden Weingart, The New York Times.
Excerpt: Does what I eat have an effect on climate change? Yes. The world’s food system is responsible for about one-quarter of the planet-warming greenhouse gases that humans generate each year. That includes raising and harvesting all the plants, animals and animal products we eat — beef, chicken, fish, milk, lentils, kale, corn and more — as well as processing, packaging and shipping food to markets all over the world. If you eat food, you’re part of this system. How exactly does food contribute to global warming? Lots of ways. Here are four of the biggest: When forests are cleared to make room for farms and livestock — this happens on a daily basis in some parts of the world — large stores of carbon are released into the atmosphere, which heats up the planet. When cows, sheep and goats digest their food, they burp up methane, another potent greenhouse gas contributing to climate change. Animal manure and rice paddies are also big methane sources. Finally, fossil fuels are used to operate farm machinery, make fertilizer and ship food around the globe, all of which generate emissions.... See also New York Times article, The Climate-Friendly Vegetable You Ought to Eat [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/dining/kelp-seaweed-recipes.html]
Source: By Julia Moskin, Brad Plumer, Rebecca Lieberman and Eden Weingart, The New York Times.
Excerpt: Does what I eat have an effect on climate change? Yes. The world’s food system is responsible for about one-quarter of the planet-warming greenhouse gases that humans generate each year. That includes raising and harvesting all the plants, animals and animal products we eat — beef, chicken, fish, milk, lentils, kale, corn and more — as well as processing, packaging and shipping food to markets all over the world. If you eat food, you’re part of this system. How exactly does food contribute to global warming? Lots of ways. Here are four of the biggest: When forests are cleared to make room for farms and livestock — this happens on a daily basis in some parts of the world — large stores of carbon are released into the atmosphere, which heats up the planet. When cows, sheep and goats digest their food, they burp up methane, another potent greenhouse gas contributing to climate change. Animal manure and rice paddies are also big methane sources. Finally, fossil fuels are used to operate farm machinery, make fertilizer and ship food around the globe, all of which generate emissions.... See also New York Times article, The Climate-Friendly Vegetable You Ought to Eat [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/dining/kelp-seaweed-recipes.html]