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Food Miles Factoid 1:
50% of vegetables and 95%
of fruit eaten in the UK is
imported.
Food Miles Factoid 2:
Air transport gives off more
CO than any other form of
2
transport – and an increasing
amount of food we eat comes
here by air.
Food Miles Factoid 3:
Agriculture and food account
for nearly 30% of goods
trucked around UK roads.
Food Miles Factoid 4:
The food we eat accounts for
30% of UK households’
impact on climate change.
Food Miles Factoid 5:
Air-freighted foods account for
less than 1% of UK food miles
but it is responsible for 11%
of CO emissions from UK food
2
transport.
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