A Tasty Way To Cut Emissions

As if proper nutrition wasn't already hard enough to keep track of: the Swedish National Food Administration has released guidelines that make recommendations to consumers based on both climate change and health. The guidelines recommend carrots over cucumbers which must be grown in energy-guzzling greenhouses in Sweden; beans and chicken over high-emission red meat; and advise against fish, because Eurpoean stocks are depleted. Small changes could make a big difference—food-related emissions are responsible for about a quarter of an industrialized nation's emissions. Some experts say that following the guidelines could cut Sweden's food-related emissions by 20 to 50 percent.