The consumption of food by one Dane emits more than 2 tonnes of greenhouse gases every year This corresponds to more than 20% of our total greenhouse gas emissions Which is more than what should be emitted from our total activities if we wish to avoid climate change Source: Getty Images
If everyone in the world ate like us we’d need one planet earth just to serve our food needs . . with no land, energy or resources left for anything else.
Meat is the biggest problem… Consumption of meat, especially beef, and dairy products causes a quarter of all environmental pressures from consumption and Danes are record meat eaters ! Source: Getty Images
Danes eat 3 times more beef than the world average more than all other Europeans …. and even more than Americans! Danish men eat more than twice as much beef as recommended by health experts
Eating a burger emits just as many greenhouse gases as driving 10 km in your car
It takes 500 litres of water to produce 1 kg of potatoes. . 1, 000 litres to grow a kg of wheat. . and 13, 000 litres to produce a kg of beef!
But you don’t have to be vegetarian to eat sustainably Eating chicken instead of beef reduces climate impacts from your dinner by a factor 5 Source: The Richards Group
Organic food still costs more than conventional food. . Increasingfood is also more sustainable Danes’ love of Organic food prices haven’t affected organic food…. we bought 20 -25% more organic food this but the difference is less marked for vegetables, milk, And Danes love it ! year than last year butter, flour and oats than for meat Source: Getty Images
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Local is not always the best environmental option It takes 3 times more energy to grow Danish tomatoes off-season than to grow and import Spanish tomatoes BUT when in season local fruit and vegetables are always best
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Eating more healthily …less red meat, less frozen and processed food and more fresh vegetables … gives the same environmental savings as using 10% less petrol, heat and electricity together …. and can save 20% on your food budget !
An average family with kids throws 10, 000 kroner of Most of it could haveof the food We food one bin been eaten good throwin thethird each year we buy in the dustbin Source: The Richards Group
You can reduce environmental impacts from your food by Eating less beef and dairy products Eating organic and local seasonal food Avoiding throwing food in the bin and only buying what you need
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