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As it gathers data from worldwide sources, this spreadsheet is not a set answer which should drastically impact your diet. Depending on the region where you live and the farming practices which the | As it gathers data from worldwide sources, this spreadsheet is not a set answer which should drastically impact your diet. Depending on the region where you live and the farming practices which the products you buy supports, the numbers may greatly vary. | ||
== About the study == | == About the study == | ||
This comparative spreadsheet is based on 2 documents<ref>A graph and a spreadsheet, to be downloaded in the “Links & Details” section</ref> included in the research study titled “[https://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6392/987/ <i>Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers</i>]” published by J. Poore<ref>Zoologist from the School of Geography & Environment, The Queen's College& University of Oxford</ref> and T. Nemecek<ref>Agroecology and Environment specialist, Zurich, Switzerland</ref> in February 2019 (first publication June 1st 2018) in the american magazine <i>[https://www.sciencemag.org/ Science]</i>. | |||
We will here be able to compare the overall CO2 emissions, the land use, the acidification<ref name=acid />, the eutrophisation<ref name=eutro /> as well as the water scarcity impacted by the 40 most produced foods in the world. These numbers, gathered from the largest database to date: 38,700 farms, across 119 countries includes high impact industrials as well as small scale, organic or bio dynamic farms. | |||
This study includes all data from farming to point of sale (meaning that it takes the whole food chain (including waste) into consideration). | |||
We greatly recommend reading the document in its entirety (see download link below — 6 pages). | |||
== Links & details == | == Links & details == | ||
🔍📄[https://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6392/987/tab-pdf/ Click link to read | 🔍📄[https://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6392/987/tab-pdf/ Click link to read original article]<br> | ||
🔍📄[https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Estimated-global-variation-in-GHG-emissions-land-use-terrestrial-acidification_fig3_325532198/ Click link to have a look at the graph]<br> | 🔍📄[https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Estimated-global-variation-in-GHG-emissions-land-use-terrestrial-acidification_fig3_325532198/ Click link to have a look at the graph]<br> | ||
🔍📄[https://science.sciencemag.org/highwire/filestream/710905/field_highwire_adjunct_files/3/aaq0216_DataS2.xls/ Click link to download | 🔍📄[https://science.sciencemag.org/highwire/filestream/710905/field_highwire_adjunct_files/3/aaq0216_DataS2.xls/ Click link to download full original spreadsheet] | ||
== Comparing the data == | == Comparing the data == | ||
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|rowspan="15" style="text-align:center; |Protein rich products<br>(for a 100g protein) | |rowspan="15" style="text-align:center; |Protein rich products<ref>Includes production of food to feed the animals</ref><br>(for a 100g protein) | ||
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|GHG emissions<br>(kg CO<sub>2</sub> equivalent<ref>Including methane for instance</ref>) | |GHG emissions<br>(kg CO<sub>2</sub> equivalent<ref>Including methane for instance</ref>) | ||