Carbon Impacts of Food Cycle

Transport. Local trading could save 12.2 Mtc CO2	Consumption In UK, 17% of men, 21% of women are obese and 46% of men & 32% are overweight. Carbon is being stored as fat.	Waste Disposal Around 25% of food purchased is thrown away. The more that goes to landfill or incineration the more carbon is lost from the earth & goes up as CO2.
Refrigeration Local food offers saving 0.6Mtc GHG/Ozone depleters with freezing in supermarkets		Composting Problems for food Sequestration The UK could sequester 6Mtc/yr in the soil and maintain present production
Agriculture Fertilsers and pesticides cost 2.3 Mtc during their production	Agriculture Soil in the UK lost 12% of its carbon content in 15 years - from 1980-95. That is about 4Mtc/yr lost in GHG emissions. It is possible to reduce 7.4 Mtc emissions with changed agricultural practices.	Agriculture Livestock contributes 5.7 Mtc methane

Measurements in Million tonnes of Carbon

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With thanks to Dave Stanley for the idea and advice.