Food, Fuel, and Freeways: An Iowa perspective on how far food travels, fuel usage, and greenhouse gas emissions

By R. Pirog, Tim Van Pelt, K. Enshayan, E. Cook. 2001

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‘Sustainable de-growth’ in agriculture and food: an agro-ecological perspective on Spain’s agri-food system (year 2000) (2013, background): “Only a structural overhaul of agrarian organisation can mitigate the costly energy consumption derived from long-distance transport (Jones, 2001; Pirog et al., 2001; Raven and Lang, 1995; Subak, 1999), consequently forcing a shift towards regional or local agriculture which, as well as mitigating…”
Food and life cycle energy inputs: consequences of diet and ways to increase efficiency (2003, background): “Recommendations for lowering energy inputs and greenhouse gas emissions from household food consumption include diets with less meat and cheese, more in-season vegetables and more locally produced and fresh foods (Carlsson-Kanayma, 1998; Kramer et al., 1999; Brower and Leon, 1999; Jungbluth et al., ”
Avoiding the Local Trap (2006, background): “Extensive and excessive food transport, often spoken about in terms of “food miles,” uses large amounts of fuel and contributes to greenhouse gases, and thus, global warming (Pirog et al. 2001; Norberg-Hodge et al. 2002, 19-33).”
Rights-based food systems and the goals of food systems reform (2008, background): “A study at Iowa State University of the impacts of food miles showed that ‘‘conventional systems,’’ in which food travels about 1500 miles on average from farm to consumer, used 4–17 times more fuel than regional and local systems (Pirog et al. 2001).”
Assessing the sustainability of the US food system: a life cycle perspective (2003, background): “One recent analysis found that produce arriving by truck at the Chicago, IL terminal market traveled an average distance of 2443 km (1518 miles) in 1998, a 22% increase over 1981 (Pirog et al., 2001).”