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Food for Thought is Closer than You Think

Posted on August 28, 2008

By John Addison (8/28/08). About half of the global warming caused by transportation is the result of goods and services that we all use; the other is from our personal vehicles ride. We can buy an organic apple that was grown locally, or we can buy an apple grown ten thousand miles away that used oil-refined fuel and natural gas derived fertilizers sourced another ten thousand miles away. Fish caught in Norway are shipped to China for cutting and packaging then shipped back to Norway. Food is just one example of our potenti...

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carbon , carbon footprint , china , fossil fuel , fossil fuels , natural gas , norway , report , research
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