Ranked: The Foods With the Largest Environmental Impact

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Which foods are linked with high CO2 emissions and high water use? We look at the environmental impacts of food production in this chart.

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Ranked: Ranked: The Foods With the Largest Environmental Impact

Which foods are linked with high CO2 emissions and high water use? We look at the environmental impacts of food production in this chart.


First published: October 27, 2023 (link)

Source files included: .ai, .eps, .pdf

Data source: Poore and Nemecek, Our World in Data

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