Carbon Count on Food Labels in Sweeden

In class today, one of the groups mentioned choosing lower carbon foods over higher ones, like red meat. That is exactly what they are trying to do in Sweeden, where companies are going as far as to calculate the carbon footprint for each serving of a product, and including that on the label. Some fast food restaurants are including this information on their menus. (Did you know that a fast food hamburger produces more than four times the carbon of a chicken sandwhich from the same eestablishment?) Many consumers are finding this helpful, and sales of lower carbon foods have gone up 20%. Other consumers still eat the same way, but they just feel guilty. Sweeden is testing this system out, but thinks it can reduce up to 50% of carbon emissions from food sources.


http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/23/world/europe/23degrees.html?pagewanted=1&tntemail1=y&_r=1&emc=tnt