The goal of this blog is to introduce the reader to an
excellent factsheet produced by the University
of Michigan related to energy use in
the total U.S.
food system. This fact sheet is a distillation of a larger paper by Heller and
Keoleian that assesses the sustainability of the U.S. food system. After taking a look at data related to the U.S
food system the authors’ suggest that eating locally, eating organic, eating
less meat, and using less refrigeration are steps toward sustainability.

Click here to view the fact
sheet.