[SustainableTompkins] food miles and lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions

[Sandra Repp]

I am forwarding to this list a posting that just appeared on the Community 
Food listserve (national, out of Tufts University).
Sandy

>What follows are several new reports on food miles and lifecycle 
>greenhouse gas emissions.  Angie
>
>Assessing fuel efficiency and CO2 emissions of two local food distribution 
>options in Iowa
>Study looked at which method was most energy efficient: farmer delivery or 
>customer pick-up of food products for an Iowa Community Supported 
>Agriculture (CSA) enterprise. Written by Rich Pirog and ISU graduate 
>student Rebecca Rasmussen.
><http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/pubs/staff/files/fuel0608.pdf>http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/pubs/staff/files/fuel0608.pdf
>
>Do food miles matter?
>The benefits of eating locally grown food may not extend to curbing global 
>warming, according to a comprehensive study of greenhouse gas emissions 
>from U.S. food.
><http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/esthag-w/2008/apr/science/ee_foodmiles.html>http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/esthag-w/2008/apr/science/ee_foodmiles.html
>
>Follow That French Fry:  Food Miles and Roadway Damage
>Texas Department of Transportation "Keep Texas Moving"
><http://www.dot.state.tx.us/publications/government_and_public_affairs/french_fry.pdf>www.dot.state.tx.us/publications/government_and_public_affairs/french_fry.pdf 
>
>
>
>Angie Tagtow, MS, RD, LD
>Food & Society Policy Fellow
>Connecting Soil to Food to Health
><http://www.foodandsocietyfellows.org>www.foodandsocietyfellows.org
>
>Managing Editor
>Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition
><http://JHEN.HaworthPress.com>http://JHEN.HaworthPress.com
>
>Owner
>Environmental Nutrition Solutions
>An ecological approach to food and health
>13464 NE 46th Street
>Elkhart, Iowa 50073
>515.367.5200
><mailto:angie.tagtow at mac.com>angie.tagtow at mac.com
>www.environmentalnutritionsolutions.com