date:May 15, 2012
The study, which was published today (May 14) in the journalNature Climate Change,highlighted the environmental impact of inefficient farming and the aggressive marketing of supermarket food.
We looked at five foodstuffs,says Dr David Reay at Edinburgh University, who worked on the study with Dr Pete Smith of Aberdeen University.Milk stands out because theres a high level of avoidable wastage. It has a high nitrous oxide penalty because of the manure used in crop production for feedstocks. Its