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According to “Agriculture’s Role in Greenhouse Gas Mitigation,” a report conducted by the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, it is estimated that globally one-third of all GHG emissions comes from agriculture and land use changes, and that approximately 12% of the total GHG emissions per U.S. household result from growing, packing, preparing and shipping food nationwide
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization calculated that production of plant-based foods (whole grains, vegetables, fruits, legumes, nuts and seeds), contributes significantly less to global warming than production of animal-based foods, and that, globally, livestock production emits 18% of total GHG emissions, significantly more than the 13.1% emitted by the world's entire transportation sector
According to the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, approximately 50 years ago in the United States, most foods were generally consumed within close proximity to where they were being produced and or packaged, while today, food typically can travel approximately 2,485 miles from farm to table