Eating to reduce Carbon Emissions?

Interesting article in the New York Times on carbon-emissions labelling for foods ( both grocery and restaurant) in Sweden.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/23/world/europe/23degrees.html?ref=dining

I've adapted my/our eating to focus on local foods and less packaged foods in part to reduce carbon-emissions, but not certain food types ( ie swap chicken for beef). What do you think ? Will you and/ or an informed consumer start picking what foods they eat based on CE data being available for foods? Will farmers/store/restaurants adapt their methods/stocks/menus accordingly?

Deb

Becky has been on me to reduce my emissions for years. So far it ain't happened.

Becky has been on me to reduce my emissions for years. So far it ain't happened.

Avoid the beans! Otherwise I wouldn't worry about it. Carbon is the basis for all organic compounds. We don't digest silica very well.

Uh,oh. I'm suppose to attend a Chili Cook-off Saturday.

Note that I made sure to include the word "carbon" in the title to attempt to avoid exactly this conversation on this thread. However, I should have known that with Steve around, avoidance was not a possibility....

Deb

Note that I made sure to include the word "carbon" in the title to attempt to avoid exactly this conversation on this thread. However, I should have known that with Steve around, avoidance was not a possibility....

Deb

<sigh>....Bad Stevie. No cookie.

No cake either...

So anyone going to seriously answer the question: Do you care/ think about carbon impact with your food purchases?

Deb

Yes I do think about carbon emissions with my food purchases. However, I think I could reduce more emissions by eating all meals at home and not running my car to eat out. Secondly, cut down on using disposable dishes. (I already have cut out paper napkins.) Probably should forego Fall Ball and send a check via Bank by Mail to Kentucky Harvest. Probably should forego hosting a Christmas Open House. ( I have bought more reusable plates this past year. I'd already bought reusable glasses.) I'll have to think these through over the week-end.

Probably should forego Fall Ball and send a check via Bank by Mail to Kentucky Harvest. Probably should forego hosting a Christmas Open House. ( I have bought more reusable plates this past year. I'd already bought reusable glasses.) I'll have to think these through over the week-end.

<sniff>...No Fall Ball ? <sniff>....No Christmas open house As my girls would tell me "Lets not get carried away here".

Back to the question of Carbon Emissions...my serious answer...I really wasn't away that it was that much of a problem. I recall reading something some time ago, likely put out by PETA or the like, that COW <ehhh-hem> flatulence was going to destroy the world but this is the first time I realized that we were farting in our own bath tub. Gonna have to have someone look into this.

:lol:
No cake either...

So anyone going to seriously answer the question: Do you care/ think about carbon impact with your food purchases?

Deb

No cake ?

Stevie be good. Promise !!!

I find the whole topic something akin to leatril.

With every organism on the planet farting, I'm not sure I can change much...but I can sure spend a wad of cash fooling myself.

This has been a great example of thread derailment. To get back to Debs original question..without feeling very confident in process in which the CE data was achieved I dont think it would change my shopping habits. I do admit though that while I know there's a lot of misinformation on the organic product front, I do find myself buying organic when quality and cost and in line with a standard non organic item. So I guess my answer would be ...its possible,but not likely.