Page 6 - Eco-Schools Wales Newsletter, Spring 1 2023 - english

Carbon Footprint of Food Production

Here in Wales there’s a huge variety

of foods stocked on supermarket
shelves - food from all over the world,

at any time of year.

Getting these foods to us takes a
great deal of energy, whether that’s

by their transportation methods or

the way they are produced. Here are
some examples of the greenhouse

gas emissions of common foods we

consume in Wales:

Bananas

An exotic fruit grown only in distant countries;

you may think that this super snack would have
a high carbon footprint on its journey to our

shopping baskets. However, thanks to the little

energy input needed to grow them, having their
own natural packaging, and suitability to be shipped

by boat in vast quantities, the banana

has a relatively low impact of 110g
CO2e.

Not bad for the calories

and all the nutrients that

they provide us!