Effect of localizing fruit and vegetable consumption on greenhouse gas emissions and nutrition, santa barbara county

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 4555-4562

  Cleveland, David A ^a   Radka, Corie N ^a   Müller, Nora M ^a,b   Watson, Tyler D ^a   Rekstein, Nicole J ^a   Van M Wright, Hannah ^a,c   Hollingshead, Sydney E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SCIENCES PO   (France)

^c Isla Vista Food Cooperative   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRI-FOOD SYSTEM; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; FRUIT AND VEGETABLES; SANTA BARBARA; WEAK LINKS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FRUITS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GASES; NUTRITION; VEGETABLES;

GAS EMISSIONS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FRUIT; GREENHOUSE GAS; NUTRITION; VEGETABLE;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; CALIFORNIA; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIET; FRUIT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; TRANSPORTATION; VEGETABLES;

CALIFORNIA; SANTA BARBARA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955993172     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1040317     Document Type: Article

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