Stacker used news reports, studies, and blog posts from environmental organizations to compile a list of ways food production and consumption impact the environment.

Plastics in agriculture and food production: uses, properties, and impacts Results of the INRAE-CNRS collective scientific assessment Reports and Proceedings INRAE - National Research Institute ...

Each year, three billion kilograms of pesticides are used worldwide. Without the use of these chemicals, there would be a 78 ...

The research also emphasizes how food production that may seem to have relatively low impacts still cause significant environmental shocks around the world.

The environmental consequences are manifold and difficult to calculate. By gaining a better understanding of the negative impacts, we can achieve more environmentally efficient food production.

Damage to the natural world isn’t factored into the price of food. But some governments are experimenting with a new way of exposing the larger costs of what we eat.

For Halpern, executive director at NCEAS and a professor at UC Santa Barbara’s Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, understanding the impacts of food production along with the local ...

The environmental impact of beef production in Brazil is higher than the environmental impact of beef production in the United States, even though the United States produces 10% more beef than Brazil.

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) present a universal mandate to end poverty, protect the planet and improve lives and ...

Since the height of the pandemic, there has been a boom in the use of food delivery services. Day 2 of NPR's Climate Solutions Week is all about the environmental impacts of how we shop for our ...