Sunday, October 25, 2009

Sweden Focuses on Cutting Food Emissions

A burger chain in Sweden, called Max, puts the emissions data of its various food products on its menu to inform diners how climate friendly their food is. This is just one of the ways that Sweden is attempting to raise awareness to the climate unfriendly emissions produced by the food industry "in order to combat global warming". Some food packaging also includes labels that declare the kilogram of CO2 output per kilogram of product. Aside from this, Sweden is also encouraging its farmers to switch from using imported feed, like soy from the Amazon, to locally produced protein feed.

According to research, about 25% of the emissions produced by people in industrialized countries stems from the food industry. Cattle raising is one of the largest contributors to this particular problem.

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Posted by: Jessica Bilstein

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