Kevin LoderAgricultural CO2 Emissions

&Dietary Solutions

CO2

MILESTONE

http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends/mlo.html

Agriculture is 3rd Largest Contributor to GHG by Sector

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CO₂ Billion Tons

http://www.worldwatch.org/agriculture-and-livestock-remain-major-sources-greenhouse-gas-emissions-1

Global Agri. Emissions, 1990-2010

http://faostat3.fao.org/home/index.html#VISUALIZE

8%-51% Estimates for Emissions by Agriculture

http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/ghgemissions/

United Nations:30%

World Watch Institute: 51%

http://www.worldwatch.org/files/pdf/Livestock%20and%20Climate%20Change.pdf

Global Emissions by Animal Type, 2000–

2010

(a) Enteric fermentation (b) Manure left on pasture

http://www.fao.org/climatechange/36143-0fa4483057747f41c08183b702ec5954e.pdf

Food Miles and Diet

11% of U.S. agriculture’s GHGs come from transportation, 4% of which is delivery (Retail to consumer).

83% is from production.

Large diversity in food type GHG-intensity

Dietary shift (veg[etari]an) http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/es702969f

Food Groups GHG Intensity

http://psufoodscience.typepad.com/psu_food_science/files/es702969f.pdf

Dietary Mileage

GHG reductions equivalent to driving a year:

100% local food (never driving) = 1,000 miles

Chicken/fish/eggs > Red Meat/Dairy 1 day a week = 760 miles

Meatless Monday 1 day a week = 1160 miles

No Red Meat & Dairy at all = 5340 miles

100% Vegetarian = 8,100 miles

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/es702969f#

Entomophagy

Lane Food Pantry

Michael Weed – Sustainable Foods Committee & Learning Garden.

On display through June 10th: What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets

What The World EatsLearning Community

Final Thought