At 10:48 AM 4/18/95, john hendrickson wrote:
>SANET'ers, here's another query for you all:
>
>I have been collecting information on energy use in the food
>system. Specifically, I am interested in the use of energy
>across the various sectors of the food system (i.e. production
>agriculture, food processing, transportation, wholesale/retail,
>and household). All of the data I have been able to find dates
>back to the 1970s. Does anyone know of any more recent studies
>(or even estimates)? The 1970s data suggests that the entire
>food system uses about 15% of the total U.S. energy budget and
>that by sector, energy use is approximately as follows:
>
> Food production 20%
> Food processing 30%
> Wholesale/retail 15%
> Transportation 5%
> Home preparation 30%
>
>How have these figures changed over time? How has total energy
>consumption in the food system changed over the past twenty
>years?
>
>Thanks for your help.
>
>John Hendrickson
>Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems
>University of Wisconsin-Madison
>(608) 265-3704
>jhendrik@macc.wisc.edu
>
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