This paper looks at what this means in terms of refrigeration’s contribution to UK greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, at how this reliance on refrigeration has come about and what the consequences might be as regards future trends and associated emissions. It looks at how we might be able to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with food refrigeration both by improving the greenhouse gas efficiency of the equipment itself and, as a culture, by reducing our dependence on the cold chain.

This FCRN report sets out what we know about the food system’s contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

The Food and Drink Federation has published a progress report, which sets out the progress that its members have made in meeting the targets set out in its 2007 Five-fold Environmental Ambition.

This is an interesting paper that seems to suggest that non-fish eating vegetarians and vegans can somehow convert plant-based omega-3 ALA to the long-chain EPA and DHA more effectively than their fish eating counterparts – ie that some kind of compensatory process goes on.

Pretty et al (2010). The top 100 questions of importance to the future of global agriculture International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 8(4) 219-236, doi:10.3763/ijas.2010.0534

Global environmental change (GEC) represents an immediate and unprecedented threat to the food security of hundreds of millions of people, especially those who depend on small-scale agriculture for their livelihoods. At the same time, agriculture and related activities also contribute to climate change, by intensifying greenhouse gas emissions and altering the land surface.