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Packaged goods have health and environmental impacts. The U.S. food supply is dominated by packaged goods, a 2019 study found, with around 80% of total calories consumed coming from store-bought ...
A study by the University of the Basque Country (EHU) has identified the optimal combinations of taxes and subsidies for ...
Climate & Environment Here’s exactly how your diet affects the planet, a landmark study finds. From pork to rice to seafood, a new analysis of nearly 99 percent of all food production on land ...
Because of their desirable properties and low cost, plastics are now found everywhere. Their use has become particularly common in agricultural and food production systems since the 1950s. Against ...
Our current food production systems may be highly efficient, but they come at an environmental cost and they are not sustainable. They contribute to a loss of biodiversity, and the pollution of ...
The study showed that while about 1 percent of food production comes from oceans and other waterways, it accounts for close to 10 percent of the total global environmental impact.
o An analysis of the effects of current and projected levels of biofuel production, and the incremental impact of additional production, on U.S. exports and imports of grain crops, forest products and ...
“Did you know that almost half of all environmental pressures from food production come from just five countries?” Halpern asked. For Halpern, executive director at NCEAS and a professor at UC Santa ...
SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. — A study published in the December issue of the journal Nature Sustainability examined what types of food production have the greatest environmental impacts.. Researchers ...