Moving fruit and vegetables in refrigerated vehicles is particularly emissions-intensive.
Domestic and international transport of food accounts for a large proportion of food-system emissions.
But the complexity of the food system has made it challenging to measure how much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is a direct result of the system’s emissions, particularly those from transportation. Previously, most studies underestimated emissions because they focused on only those generated by moving a single product — such as a chocolate bar — to and from the shop.
This difference arises in part because wealthy nations are more likely to import food from around the world. They also use refrigeration when moving fresh fruit and vegetables, which is extremely carbon-intensive. Moving fruit and vegetables generated twice the amount of COBut the results don’t mean that people should try to limit the amount of plants in their diet, says Nina Domingo, a sustainability researcher at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
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