The land footprint of food
Source: https://ourworldindata.org/environmental-impacts-of-food
by @EurCorrespond
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@infobeautiful I am curious about the land usage per calory of some of theses, like between carrot and potatoes. On the other hand, I don't eat coffee or cheese for its calories :3
thanks for sharing, it's a nice way to show things
@infobeautiful Then I should have 4 times more sausages than cheese! 🤓
Does that footprint include water consumption? Since tomatoes need a lot of it, to have a good yield
One might grow a kilo of tomatoes on that land but the fertilizer needed is not included
@infobeautiful, there's one thing missing from that: time. Without that, it has to be asked whether that 87.8m² of land is permanently and irrevocably allocated to that 1kg of cheese, and why haven't we run out of land yet…
@infobeautiful Giving absoluite numbers is highly questionable. Cows may live in cages or on pastures. Pigs can even live in multi-story buildings, but I know them living in little styes. Is their food counted in? What if the food is human food scraps? A lot of questionmarks here.
@infobeautiful surprised not to see chicken on there
@infobeautiful I'm not against the message, but I don't think this particular infographic works really well.
A kg. of, say, carrots is in no way comparable to kg. of coffee or beef when looking at calories and nutrients.
So what's the message supposed to be?
