Farm costs and food miles: an assessment of the full cost of the UK weekly food basket

By J. Pretty, Andrew S. Ball, T. Lang, J. Morison. 2005

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Subfields: Ecology, Economics and Econometrics, Plant Science

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Measuring the Sustainability of the Food Supply Chain: A Case Study of the UK (2007, background): “, 2005 ); food miles (AEA Technology Environment, 2005 ; Garnett, 2003 ); energy use in the lifecycle of food products (Carlsson-Kanayama et al.”
Comparing the sustainability of local and global food products in Europe (2017, unknown): “However, Pretty et al. (2005) found that food miles are a significant contributor to the UK food basket’s hidden environmental costs.”
Decisions to reduce greenhouse gases from agriculture and product transport: LCA case study of organic and conventional wheat (2009, background): “It is for these reasons that food miles, or the distance food must travel from farm to plate, have captured the attention of decision-makers, particularly in the UK [10,11].”
Low carbon agriculture: Objectives and policy pathways (2012, background): “Those for the UK agriculture have been estimated to be ~US$ 5.6 bn. (Pretty et al. 2005) and in China those for rice production alone could be US$ 8 bn. (Norse et al. 2001 but updated to current prices and exchange rates).”
Avoiding the Local Trap (2006, background): “ Pretty et al. (2005) suggest it is better for environmental sustainability to buy local, conventionally grown produce instead of buying nonlocal organic produce.”
Food miles or carbon emissions? Exploring labelling preference for food transport footprint with a stated choice study (2013, background): “…as a proxy for the economic stimulus to the local economy is still under debate, especially because the scientific evidence as to whether domestic or imported food products generate the strongest environmental impact is inconclusive (Lang and Heasman 2004; Pretty et al. 2005; Coley et al. 2009).”
Bioenergy and sustainable development (2007, background): “95 billion, which works out to an 11% addition to the food prices paid by consumers (145).”
The Impacts of Household Consumption and Options for Change (2010, unknown): “Assessment gets more complicated, however, when one compares local fruits and vegetables produced in energy-intensive greenhouses with the “food miles” accrued by field-grown alternatives from distant locations (Blanke and Burdick 2005; Pretty et al 2005).”
Climate Change, Food Security and Agricultural Productivity in Africa: Issues and policy directions. (2011, background): “Food often travels very long distances (Pretty et al., 2005), and this has implications for costs.”
Rights-based food systems and the goals of food systems reform (2008, background): “Acknowledgments I wish to acknowledge Oxfam America for financial support in 2005, at the beginning of this paper’s development, and for introducing me to the rights-based approach.”