Carbon footprint of homegrown food six times greater than those grown conventionally

[livingston]

Carbon footprint of homegrown food six times greater than those grown conventionally​

A new University of Michigan-led international study finds that fruits and vegetables grown in urban farms and gardens have a carbon footprint that is, on average, six times greater than conventionally grown produce.
"Most of the climate impacts at urban farms are driven by the materials used to construct them -- the infrastructure," Goldstein said. "These farms typically only operate for a few years or a decade, so the greenhouse gases used to produce those materials are not used effectively. Conventional agriculture, on the other hand, is very efficient and hard to compete with."

For example, conventional farms often grow a single crop with the help of pesticides and fertilizers, resulting in larger harvests and a reduced carbon footprint when compared to urban farms, he said.

Food from urban agriculture has carbon footprint 6 times larger than conventional produce, study shows

A new study finds that fruits and vegetables grown in urban farms and gardens have a carbon footprint that is, on average, six times greater than conventionally grown produce.

www.sciencedaily.com

 

[Xae289]

Yup. Economies of scale. Mass production will always be more cost-effective/resource-efficient than a cottage industry.

 

[ManualF150]

They can go fuck themselves.

 

[Howdy]

I guess I'll just stop gardening and be 100% dependant on this system for my well being then.

 

[ManualF150]

I guess I'll just stop gardening and be 100% dependant on this system for my well being then.

What you do is totally ignore the government, because obviously the government is not good for your well being.

 

[Pissed Off Patriot]

The whole premise behind the article is based on the faulty notion that CO2 is bad.

Therefore, it's entirely bogus.

 

[Saltwater60]

This is about being more dependent on the government. The government is shutting down farms left and right.
I can tell you the produce I grow in my backyard is very organic and does not have a high carbon foot print.

 

[tgenec86]

Yeah, so I guess that makes GMO's, nitrogen runoff polluting the water table, pesticides, and bacterial outbreaks "better for you".

And to think the people doing these studies and writing the articles don't realize how fucking stupid they are. Shocking, really...

 

[ManualF150]

This is about being more dependent on the government. The government is shutting down farms left and right.
I can tell you the produce I grow in my backyard is very organic and does not have a high carbon foot print.

The government is against traditional farms. It's just more erosion.

 

[Podmonkey]

Can you not recognize globalist propaganda when you see it? The whole concept of a "carbon footprint" is globalist BS to begin with.

 

[Acer-m14]

i wonder what the carbon footprint is of cobalt or lithium is

to make your precious EV batteries ..

 

[Acer-m14]

This is about being more dependent on the government. The government is shutting down farms left and right.
I can tell you the produce I grow in my backyard is very organic and does not have a high carbon foot print.

if im correct all that you grow eats carbon .. co2 .. and shits O2 ..

 

[FP1201]

Carbon footprint of homegrown food six times greater than those grown conventionally​

A new University of Michigan-led international study finds that fruits and vegetables grown in urban farms and gardens have a carbon footprint that is, on average, six times greater than conventionally grown produce.
"Most of the climate impacts at urban farms are driven by the materials used to construct them -- the infrastructure," Goldstein said. "These farms typically only operate for a few years or a decade, so the greenhouse gases used to produce those materials are not used effectively. Conventional agriculture, on the other hand, is very efficient and hard to compete with."

For example, conventional farms often grow a single crop with the help of pesticides and fertilizers, resulting in larger harvests and a reduced carbon footprint when compared to urban farms, he said.

Food from urban agriculture has carbon footprint 6 times larger than conventional produce, study shows

A new study finds that fruits and vegetables grown in urban farms and gardens have a carbon footprint that is, on average, six times greater than conventionally grown produce.

www.sciencedaily.com

If that's the case, how the fuck can you possibly justify Electric Vehicles?
Bullshit study with predetermined outcomes to gain/keep funding.

 

[spat]

Yeah, so I guess that makes GMO's, nitrogen runoff polluting the water table, pesticides, and bacterial outbreaks "better for you".

And to think the people doing these studies and writing the articles don't realize how fucking stupid they are. Shocking, really...

You could be fertilizing your garden with radioactive waste and it would still he healthier for you than the government.

 

[Paxal]

Carbon footprint of homegrown food six times greater than those grown conventionally​

A new University of Michigan-led international study finds that fruits and vegetables grown in urban farms and gardens have a carbon footprint that is, on average, six times greater than conventionally grown produce.
"Most of the climate impacts at urban farms are driven by the materials used to construct them -- the infrastructure," Goldstein said. "These farms typically only operate for a few years or a decade, so the greenhouse gases used to produce those materials are not used effectively. Conventional agriculture, on the other hand, is very efficient and hard to compete with."

For example, conventional farms often grow a single crop with the help of pesticides and fertilizers, resulting in larger harvests and a reduced carbon footprint when compared to urban farms, he said.

Food from urban agriculture has carbon footprint 6 times larger than conventional produce, study shows

A new study finds that fruits and vegetables grown in urban farms and gardens have a carbon footprint that is, on average, six times greater than conventionally grown produce.

www.sciencedaily.com

So what? Being self-sufficient is more to the point. Isit at all surprisingt
that this study came to this conclusion? Nope.

 

[Willyone]

Gubbr'mnt funded "research" is a wonderful thing.

 

[Saltwater60]

I’ll bet this could be right for the average idiot that buys soil that was manufactured, bagged, and shipped to Home Depot. They buy their raised beds, synthetic fertilizers, and water the plants to get one or two tomatoes. My MIL is a perfect example of this and buys tons of plants, fertilizers, and plastic raised beds to let it all die.

 

[prambo]

A ludicrous, but patently obvious intentional omission in the moronic "study" about "home gardening" and, indeed, in most of "climate science", is the purposeful ignoring of the huge amount of CO2 that ALL plants consume during growth.

These climate Nazis conveniently and willfully ignore the Calvin Cycle, or "Dark Reaction", in which ALL plants "fix" carbon from CO2 into glucose to build their own nutrients. There isn't enough available carbon in the soil for the building blocks of proteins (amino acids). Nitrogen is easier to get, but not carbon.

That's how plants grow - they make energy (ATP) during photosynthesis, and expend it to make glucose during the "dark reaction".

This is high school biology stuff.

Anyone EVER see this mentioned by the Krazy Klimate Komintern? DIdn't think so.

Drop the CO2 levels in the environment just a little, and plant growth will slow. Lower it too much, and plant death will occur.

Another fact that is never mentioned by the climate fascisti is that the natural processes of plants have a valuable byproduct...oxygen.

Yes, the oxygen most everything on Earth needs.

No plants, no life...of any kind...which, obviously, ghouls like Klaus Schwab and His Flying Monkeys would love.

 

[Acer-m14]

Drop the CO2 levels in the environment just a little, and plant growth will slow. Lower it too much, and plant death will occur.

Oh look a CO2 Generator in a Greenhouse ..

 

[Grimscale]

This is high school biology stuff.

"Gender" used to be high school biology stuff.
And now we have supposedly important people in our .gov who claim they can never know "what a woman is" since they aren't a doctor or biologist.

It is painfully obvious that they are using this whole "climate change" (to use the latest term) crisis to gather more power unto themselves.

 

[spat]

A ludicrous, but patently obvious intentional omission in the moronic "study" about "home gardening" and, indeed, in most of "climate science", is the purposeful ignoring of the huge amount of CO2 that ALL plants consume during growth.

These climate Nazis conveniently and willfully ignore the Calvin Cycle, or "Dark Reaction", in which ALL plants "fix" carbon from CO2 into glucose to build their own nutrients. There isn't enough available carbon in the soil for the building blocks of proteins (amino acids). Nitrogen is easier to get, but not carbon.

That's how plants grow - they make energy (ATP) during photosynthesis, and expend it to make glucose during the "dark reaction".

This is high school biology stuff.

Anyone EVER see this mentioned by the Krazy Klimate Komintern? DIdn't think so.

Drop the CO2 levels in the environment just a little, and plant growth will slow. Lower it too much, and plant death will occur.

Another fact that is never mentioned by the climate fascisti is that the natural processes of plants have a valuable byproduct...oxygen.

Yes, the oxygen most everything on Earth needs.

No plants, no life...of any kind...which, obviously, ghouls like Klaus Schwab and His Flying Monkeys would love.

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So, if the carbon footprint is *negative*, and it's also 6x larger, doesn't that mean it's 6x better ?

 

[spat]

"Gender" used to be high school biology stuff.
And now we have supposedly important people in our .gov who claim they can never know "what a woman is" since they aren't a doctor or biologist.

It is painfully obvious that they are using this whole "climate change" (to use the latest term) crisis to gather more power unto themselves.

High-school?

Gender was pre-k.

 

[pjzwtl]

It’s all fluff we all know the reasoning behind this crap.