Love those short supply chains
April 26, 2005
Here in Europe we can’t stop talking about ‘food miles’, that is to say, how many kilometres our food travels before we actually get to touch it. There’s that quite famous study of the strawberry yoghurt, It’s the same for all products, including cow dung fuel. The images shown were all taken within 20 metres (!) of eachother in the Hanuman Mandir temple complex near CP, Delhi.
From top to bottom: Cow - dung collection - patty cake, patty cake, dry dry dry - fuel saleswoman
Doors of Perception Weblog - Food Tachometer
Well traveled yogurt with link to pdf article
Calculating food miles for a multiple ingredient food product [PDF]
Articles on Transport Policies, Land Use and Environment
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