Have you ever wondered the environmental impact of your diet?

Jun 05, 2023Mar Fondevila Cornado0 comments

Eating is an action that we perform every day and several times. Have you ever wondered the impact it has on an environmental level?

Living on autopilot means that we do not stop to think to what extent what we eat affects the planet.

We will never know the value of water until the well is dry (Thomas Fuller)

Food in itself, for its production, requires an expenditure of natural resources and this, in itself, already implies an environmental impact.

This impact will depend on the frequency of consumption and the type of food we choose.

Depending on the type of food we choose, more or less water will be needed for its production, more or less CO2 will be emitted into the atmosphere, or more or less land will need to be used to obtain it. All these actions will contribute to its environmental impact to a greater or lesser degree.

Some examples of the environmental impact of food production are: to be able to eat 2 avocados a week we need 9,384 liters of water, which is equivalent to 144 8-minute showers.

Consuming red meat 3 times a week means 1,611kg of greenhouse gas emissions, which is equivalent to taking 3 London-New York flights or occupying 4,635 m2 of land surface, which is equivalent to 17 tennis courts for its production.

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Apart from the natural resources used in its production, globalization has given us access to all kinds of food throughout the year, without being aware of the environmental impact that this entails.

That is why consuming local and seasonal food helps reduce CO2 emissions from food transport and reduce the energy expenditure that needs to be used to resemble natural production conditions.