Study: 'Unnecessary' food miles multiplying carbon footprint of vegetables

Stuart Stone
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Credit: Riverford

Riverford study claims Brits are increasingly frustrated with supermarkets stocking imported fruit and veg when the same produce is in season on UK farms

Vegetables that rack up thousands of "unnecessary food miles", having often travelled further than the average Brit this summer, result in a carbon footprint that is 257 times higher than the same produce...

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