Failing to go the distance: what's the beef with food miles? | Peter Newton | TEDxBoulder

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How do the foods we eat affect climate change? In a talk that challenges widely-held beliefs about the climate benefits of food choices, environmental studies professor Peter Newton draws on evidence and data to show that the idea that buying local food will reduce carbon emissions is misguided. Rather, if we want to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the food system, much greater impact would be achieved by reducing our consumption of animal products. Peter Newton is an Assistant Professor in the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he teaches classes on food systems and the environment. He conducts research in the US and Brazil, where he studies the impacts of policies and programs that affect food systems, tropical forests, and rural livelihoods. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
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  • @annabanana4978
    Love the fact that he doesn’t talk about the welfare of the animals at all in this. Animals need grass and space, not shut in big barns where they are pumped full of stuff to speed up growth. Yes it’s wrong that rainforests are cut down for cattle ranching but in the UK we should be buying locally since those cows aren’t eating from areas where rainforests are cut down like the mass produced meat in supermarkets.
  • @sueheilbronner
    There were such surprising elements in this talk, offering more detail around food miles and how to "eat environmentally." Great talk.
  • @margaretromney4357
    Wonderful talk! Really got me thinking about choices I make everyday. Hmmmmmm......
  • @Redhawk24
    The reasons for eating a plant based diet are overwhelming. Plants for the win!
  • @logangomez4475
    Let's reduce the use of fossil fuels by shopping local farmers markets.