The validity of food miles as an indicator of sustainable development - final report

By A. Smith, P. Watkiss, G. Tweddle, Alan C. McKinnon, M. Browne, A. Hunt, C. Treleven, C. Nash, S. Cross. 2005

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Short Food Supply Chains as drivers of sustainable development. Evidence Document (2013, background): “…transported) is now seen as an unrepresentative measure of environmental sustainability of food supply systems (Desrochers & Shimizu, 2008; Edwards-Jones, 2010; Smith et al, 2005) and more holistic approaches using a range of indicators for environmental sustainability are currently favoured.”
Buy local, pollute less: What drives households to join a community supported farm? (2009, background): “Moreover, local foods are frequently presented and marketed, sometimes unduly, as a response to environmental concerns regarding the growing distances that (imported) foods consumed within developed countries travel (Pretty al., 2005; Smith et al., 2005; Stagl, 2002).”
Vulnerability of exporting nations to the development of a carbon label in the United Kingdom (2009, background): “The focus in this analysis is on horticultural products because the airfreight of such products has stimulated a high level of public attention in issues such as ‘food miles’ in recent years (The Guardian, 2003; Kelly, 2004; Frith, 2005; Smith et al., 2005).”
Ecological Citizenship and Sustainable Consumption: Examining Local Organic Food Networks. (2006, unknown): “…environmental, social and economic costs of food transport are over £9 billion each year, of which over £5 billion are attributed to traffic congestion (and the value added by the agricultural sector is £6.4 billion and by the food and drink manufacturing sector £19.8 billion) (Smith et al., 2005).”
Testing the assertion that ‘local food is best’: the challenges of an evidence-based approach (2008, background): “than growing them in heated glasshouses in the UK Smith et al. (2005)”
Crisis? What Crisis? The Normality of the Current Food Crisis (2010, unknown): “In the United Kingdom, for example, food supply chains account for about one-ﬁfth of total energy use (Smith et al. 2005).”
Labeling Food Processes: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (2017, background): “In contrast, nutrition labels on food provide information, such as the calorie count, that limits the need for inferential interpretation because 8According to recent evidence, food miles are a rather poor indicator of environmental quality (Coley et al. 2011; Smith et al. 2015).”
Food miles or carbon emissions? Exploring labelling preference for food transport footprint with a stated choice study (2013, background): “…Asia Pty Ltd doi: 10.1111/1467-8489.12014 Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 57, pp. 465–482 The Australian Journal of Journal of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society chains often travels for thousands of miles before consumption (Smith et al. 2005).”