Good for You, Good for Our Earth

A new report released by Stats Canada looking at the amount of energy required to produce food shows an estimated 38% of solid food available for retail sale was wasted, the equivalent of 183 kilograms per person!

It also showed that the foods we should be eating less of are the foods that also produce the most green house gas. More energy was used in the production of prepared foods than almost any of the other food groups, reflecting the energy inputs required for processing these foods. Almost one-quarter (23%) of these food-related GHG emissions was attributable to the production of fresh and frozen meat, while fish products contributed 2%. Beef alone accounted for 15% of all GHG emissions

Source: Human Activity and the Environment: Food in Canada, 2009