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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Caleigh Wells

The most climate-friendly groceries might not be in the supermarket

Climate Choices Grocery Alternatives - (Greg Eans)

The pollution from food is sneaky. Because the apple sitting on your kitchen counter isn't really causing any harm.

But chances are good that you didn't pick it from a tree in your backyard. It required land and water to grow, machines to harvest and process, packaging to ship, trucks to transport and often refrigerators to store. Much of that process releases planet-warming greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

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