http://www.mcspotlight.org/media/reports/foodmiles.html
.... john henning
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>Regarding my previous posting:
>
>> "The average food item travels 1300 miles before being consumed." I
>> am trying to find the source of this information, which I see widely
>> quoted but so far without any source cited.
>
>I finally found the source of that particular bit of data:
>
> U.S. Department of Defense. 1969. U.S. agriculture: potential
>vulnerabilities. Stanford Res. Inst., Menlo Park, CA.
>
>If I locate any more recent data on the subject, I'll post it.
>
>Thanks,
>Holly
>
>Holly Born, Technical Specialist
>ATTRA (Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas)
>(501) 442-9824, 1-800-346-9140
>Fax:(501) 442-9842 E-mail:hollyb@ncatark.uark.edu
>Web:http://www.attra.org
>
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