How much carbon dioxide and methane does food production, processing and shipping, and food waste add to global warming?

Estimates are a fourth to a third of total greenhouse gases are created by the food system.  The ways we grow food, handle it and ship it thousands of miles are areas where we can make a powerful difference in the future we are creating. 

Find out more through these articles.

Food production is responsible for one-quarter of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions” by Hannah Ritchie

Meat accounts for nearly 60% of all greenhouse gases from food production, study finds” by Oliver Milman

Cutting Greenhouse Gases From Food Production Is Urgent, Scientists Say” by Henry Fountain

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