It's hard to know how to measure, or trust, the numbers. Your imported bananas in the UK or New York have a very different carbon footprint from my Thai bananas in my garden. Same with the free range local chickens vs a commerically raised one. Quorn? just no.
I would LOVE to see a serious commitment to this issue though and you rasie some great points. I think we will be SHOCKED at the carbon footprint of imported big-agro grains and vegetables.
Small scale, local, organic, vegan. That is the way forward.
If the local supply chain will strengthen strategically, politically at all regions then I think it would be drastically changed. The global supply chain should be for essentials and for those that are not locally available.
Whatever be the case, Vegan life is not just for lowering the carbon footprint, but for mental and physical well-being also. The true humanity can only advocated with Vegan life.
Agree wholeheartedly about the supply change needing to develop locally. I'm lucky enough to live where that happens and buy vegetables grown in the next street. The whole social paradigm needs to shift away from cities!
Thank you for a thoughtful comment.