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The Carbon Footprint For Organic Food By Benedict T. Palen, Jr.

Benedict T. Palen, Jr - There is no doubt that the popularity of organic foods has grown by leaps and bounds over the past 10 years. Consumers believe that organic foods are healthier for them, and safer for the environment.<br>

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The Carbon Footprint For Organic Food By Benedict T. Palen, Jr.

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  1. The Carbon Footprint For Organic Food By Benedict T. Palen, Jr. There is no doubt that the popularity of organic foods has grown by leaps and bounds over the past 10 years. Consumers believe that organic foods are healthier for them, and safer for the environment. But is the latter really true? I have addressed that question in a couple of ways, and a thoughtful reader might come to a different conclusion about the carbon footprint of organic foods after considering my rationale.

  2. The Carbon Footprint For Organic Food By Benedict T. Palen, Jr. There are climatic limitations on where organic crops can be grown. For example, avocado production is limited to a few relatively small areas of the US, with heavy imports from Mexico during times of the year when there is no US production available to the markets. This means that, far from the “local food” movement that has become so much in vogue in many areas of the US, significant transportation costs, and petroleum based emissions, play a larger role than consumers might expect when comparing the organic versus conventional avocados. The same examples can be made of a variety of other crops, which, even if fairly widely adapted in parts of the US, offer organic availability only in limited production areas, which may be further away from most consumer demand centers than the non-organic versions of the same crop.

  3. The Carbon Footprint For Organic Food By Benedict T. Palen, Jr. While the US has country of origin labeling for many products, would it not be sensible to have labeling about the carbon footprint of a certain product? To be true to the health and environmental benefits that are often part and parcel of organic marketing, would it not be important to disclose this to consumers?

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