Counting food miles: The hidden cost of your meal

Added on 25 January 2024

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Counting food miles: The hidden cost of your meal

In a world where food travels great distances before reaching our plates, the concept of food miles is significant. Let's discuss the hidden costs of our food footprint and the miles meals travel to get to us.

Food miles are just one piece of the environmental impact of traditional agriculture. Here at Eden Green, we use cutting-edge technologies in controlled environment agriculture (CEA) and hydroponics. With these innovations, we are rewriting the narrative of food transportation.

Understanding Food Miles

Today’s consumers don’t want to worry about seasonality. People in the Midwest want to enjoy tropical fruits and vegetables. Those in the desert expect grocers to stock foods that need a lot of water to grow.

Next, we have all those processed convenience foods at your local store. Each of these foods is made of many different ingredients, often traveling from all over the world.