World Ark Magazine - May/June 2008 - (Page 29) For many people, what they eat has a greater environmental impact than what they drive. 2,480 Miles Travele d ext time you go to the grocery store, look at that big steak sealed in plastic sitting atop a foam tray. Then wander down the aisle and stop in front of the potatoes or the bananas. What are you thinking— “That would be delicious for dinner,” or “That will contribute a lot to climate change”? Eating has become something of a minefield in North America: dietary guidelines, seafood contamination, sustainable production, ethical trade—and now climate change, too? As a full-time advisor to a national food service company that earnestly tries to live up to its decade-old tagline, “food services for a sustainable future,” I’ve spent N the last three years researching the connection between food and climate change and considering what one should eat, beyond choices dictated by taste and budget. Public awareness of climate change has grown exponentially during the last two years. More people accept what scientists have claimed for two decades: that climate change and its impacts are very likely byproducts of human activities, especially burning fossil fuels. Just this year, however, Americans are beginning to realize that many of our consumption choices, food in particular, cause direct as well as indirect emissions of greenhouse gases that substantially contribute to the problem. For many people, what they eat has a greater enviromental impact than what they drive. www.heifer.org May/June 2008 | WOrlD Ark 29 http://www.heifer.org
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