Food: emissions from production and the supply chain
ourworldindata.org
Greenhouse gas emissions are measured in kilograms of carbon dioxide-equivalents (CO₂eq) per kilogram of food.
  • spud@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    as just one facet, they count everything fed to beef, including cottonseed, when calculating the inputs. but cotton isn’t grown for cottonseed. if we didn’t feed a large portion of our annual cottonseed to livestock, it would just be wasted. vegans will tell you that the return is only 1/10 of the input, but that’s a lot better than 0/10.