What’s The Carbon Cost Of Food?

Counting carbon calories

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This animation shows the different emissions for different types of food. It’s based on work from Our World In Data, which is like a calorie counter for food — from farm to plate.

These aren’t calories we put on our bellies, this is the weight we put on the Earth, and on our children. Some of us are really packing on the kilos.

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Indrajit (Indi) Samarajiva is a Sri Lankan writer. Follow me at www.indi.ca, or just email me at indi@indi.ca.