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Concept of Food Miles

Concept of Food Miles. Changing pattern of Global Dilemma for food and its affect in Environment . Manish Kr. Semwal The GMIS, Jakarta. Food Mile…. Food miles (or food kilometres) describe the distance that food is transported as it travels from producer to consumer. In brief.

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Concept of Food Miles

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  1. Concept of Food Miles Changing pattern of Global Dilemma for food and its affect in Environment Manish Kr. Semwal The GMIS, Jakarta

  2. Food Mile… • Food miles (or food kilometres) describe the distance that food is transported as it travels from producer to consumer.

  3. In brief • A typical basket of groceries from the supermarket has “food miles” equivalent to two loops of the globe. Source: http://www.choice.com.au/

  4. The modern long-distance food system offers unparalleled choice. But it often runs roughshod over local cuisines, varieties and agriculture, while consuming staggering amounts of fuel, generating greenhouse gases, eroding the pleasures of face-to-face interactions around food and compromising food security.

  5. Where Our Food Comes From(Local Scenario) • Food Miles= miles traveled from farm to tables Tomato • Grown within 20 miles of most homes in Jakarta • To reach at supermarket in Jakarta it travel travels 200 miles http://www.latimes.com

  6. Local Scenario • Food miles advocates are calling for localised eating to counter the number of imported products on our supermarket shelves. But is it even possible to eat well on food grown within about 160km of where you live?

  7. Where Our Food Comes From(International Scenario) (Food Miles= miles traveled from farm to tables) • Broccoli • Grown within 20 miles of most homes in United States • At supermarket travels 1,800 miles to get there

  8. An Example • By opting for an orange grown in Mildura rather than California, you can reduce food miles from almost 13,000 km to under 600 km. But is it really that simple? Researchers at the Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies (CERES) found that a typical Melbourne shopping basket has travelled a staggering 70,000 kilometres – almost two loops of the globe.

  9. An Example Sources http://www.choice.com.au • The Kettle Chips packet says "made in Australia", with a Sydney address, but the ingredients come from all over: • The spuds are sourced from all along Australia's east coast. • The salt’s from Price in South Australia. • The sunflower oil is extracted in Newcastle and refined in Sydney. • The same goes for its packaging, which comprises fused layers of plastic and aluminium, with coloured ink for labelling. • The plastic film is from Wodonga. • The inks are made in Melbourne using components from India, China, the US and Europe. • Aluminium from Italy is added in Sydney, but the aluminium itself has probably been smelted from Australian bauxite. • The chips are made in Shepparton – and then transported to store!

  10. Facts about Food Miles • The UK produces 19 million tons CO2 transporting food. 10 million of this is emitted in the UK.  • Every year we move 333 million tonnes of food across the UK, generating 41.5 billion tonne-kilometres of transport.  • Since 1978 the amount of food moved about within the UK by HGV has increased by 23% and the average distance for each trip has jumped by 50%. • Imports of indigenous foods rose from 13.5m tonnes in 1992 to 16.1m tonnes in 2002.  • 95% of fruit and 50% of vegetables eaten in the UK are imported. • The amount of food air-freighted around the world has risen by 140% since 1992. • If all foods were sourced from within 20km of where they were consumed, the country would save £2.1bn in environmental and congestion costs. • Locally sourced carrots had 20 Food miles whilst conventionally sourced were 1,838 miles. The average for all vegetables for local and conventionally sourced are 56 miles and 1,494 miles. From: http://www.beep.ac.uk/content/557.0.html

  11. Full Lifecycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Common Proteins and Vegetables From: http://www.extension.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/EWG-food-miles-report.png • http://www.extension.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/EWG-food-miles-report.png

  12. Calculating Food Mile "weighted average source distances” ξ (m(k) x d(k)) WASD = ------------------------ ξ m(k) where: • k = different location points of the production. • m = weight (amount) from each point of production. • d = distance from each point of production to each point of use (or sale). Source: http://lifecyclesproject.ca/initiatives/food_miles/calculating_food_miles.php

  13. Photo from: Fair Mile: Rethinking the food mile

  14. Thank YouJust Prepared for IBDP ESS Students

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