Food Miles Reflection

Food Miles

      In the Food Miles activity we learned about the carbon footprint of food.  Some of the carbon footprint of foods that we anticipated were:

•Spaghetti and meatballs: 1600 units
•Whole Grain cereal: 1224 units
•Fresh fruit: 84 units
•Waffles: 800 units

        Spaghetti and meatballs had the highest carbon footprint, while the fresh fruit had the lowest carbon footprint. Spaghetti and meatballs has been procressed thoroughly before being delivered to our groceries. Maybe this is one of the many factor to why the United States is considered overweight because of the different processes placed in our food. Plus unhealthy food like spaghetti and meatballs are intensely cheap compared to fruits and vegetables. The manufacturers trick their people into buying the unhealthy food by advertisements and commercials. It has less nutrition because it has been touched with, than the major nutrition fruits and vegetables contain.
        The food that I eat comes from Market Basket which most likely comes from food manufacturers mostly in Western rural states and California because they mostly have farmers in Western States. I try to eat healthier by eating fruits and vegetables but I just love my meat. Food miles is important to the environment because when food originates from China it contains greenhouse gases due to fossil fuel emissions plus their severe pollution. It also determines the amount of processing our food endures before being stocked in the supermarket. We can healthier by turning organic, even though it's expensive, it's much healthier because nearly everything naturally made.