Food in the Uk

• Demand for seasonal food all year round 


  Supermarkets import food from all around the world which increases food miles
• Demand for high value foods


  meat is popular in developing and develops nations
• demand for organic produce

  organic foods are grown without using certain pesticides or chemicals to accelerate the food growth or to kill of insects
• demand for organic produce


  organic foods are grown without using certain pesticides or chemicals to accelerate the food growth or to kill of insectsorganic foods are grown without using certain pesticides or chemicals to accelerate the food growth or to kill of insects
• Demand organic produce


  Free range means that any animals are kept natural living conditions with free movement
• The carbon footprint of food: growing


  Livestock produce greenhouse gases like methane which contribute to a greenhouse effect and global warming
• packaging the food


  usually packed in factories using machinery which requires energy from fossil fuels
• food miles definition


  food miles refers to how far food is transported from where it is grown to where it is marketed (farm to table)
• transportation of food - how and impact


  most food is transported by container ship and usually, the further it travels the larger its carbon footprint.