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Title: Food, Fuel, and Freeways: An Iowa Perspective on How Far Food Travels, Fuel Usage, and Greenhouse Ga
Url: https://dr.lib.iastate.edu/handle/20.500.12876/53687/
Creator: Cook, Ellen
Enshayan, Kamyar
Pirog, Rich
Van Pelt, Timothy
Publisher: Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
Description: This is a publication of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University. The research for this publication compared fuel use, distances traveled, and carbon dioxide emissions associated with the transport of locally grown foods, to fuel use, distances traveled, and carbon dioxide emissions associated with the transport of foods typically available at local grocery stores and restaurants.
LC Classification: Agriculture -- Agriculture (General) -- General works -- Special aspects of agriculture as a whole, A-Z -- Sustainable agriculture
Technology -- Home economics -- Hospitality industry. Hotels, clubs, restaurants, etc. Food service -- Special topics, A-Z -- Energy consumption
Technology -- Mechanical engineering and machinery -- Energy conservation -- Energy conservation or consumption in special industries, facilities, etc., A-Z -- Food industry
GEM Subject: Science
Health
Science -- Ecology
Science -- Agriculture
Health -- Environmental health
Key Concept: Ecology -- Conservation
Agriculture -- Conservation
Agriculture -- Food
Agriculture -- Sustainability
Date Issued: 2001-06
Resource Type: Reference Material
Format: Document -- PDF
Document -- HTML
Audience: Educator
Learner
Education Level: Higher Education
Higher Education -- Graduate/Professional
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Lower Division)
Vocational/Professional Development Education
Language: English
Access Rights: Free access
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