LIKE if we should be more aware of where what we consume comes from; SHARE if you want your friends & family to consider a 'Fully Charged' lifestyle. See full description below... Do you know where your food really comes from? Maddie and Greg are here to investigate 'food miles' and whether buying an apple from New Zealand has a bigger carbon footprint than growing one locally in the UK. Do we need to look beyond the food miles by air, truck and boat to really understand the carbon footprint of the food we are eating? For easy reference through each section of this episode, see *timestamps* below; links to the resources referred to in this episode, are also below. If you enjoyed this, check out this session from Fully Charged LIVE where Maddie talks to an expert panel on the importance of understanding what we are eating - www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaGyd... *Timestamps* 0:00 Introduction to Food Miles 1:17 Shopping for Fresh Fruit & Vegetables 1:49 Food frequently imported from overseas 3:40 Country of Origin labels 4:18 Greg gets researching 6:03 Let's get a local delivery 6:51 But how local is it really? 8:57 Let's go & get our own local food 10:04 Greenhouse Grown? Energy Hungry! 12:36 How & When Food is Grown is key 13:29 Eating Locally & Seasonally 14:40 Home Grown Options 15:36 Carbon Footprint Labelling? 16:10 Maddie & Greg's way forward 17:00 Global Food Waste 17:49 Vegan Easter Egg Resources referred to in the episode: ‘Sustainable Food Systems and the Mediterranean Diet’ - Sept 2019: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... DEFRA Report - July 2005: webarchive.nationalarchives.g... London Mayor’s Food Strategy - May 2006: www.london.gov.uk/sites/defau... Independent Aug 2019: www.independent.co.uk/news/fo... ‘Food Miles, Carbon Footprinting and their potential impact on trade’: researcharchive.lincoln.ac.nz... ‘Climate-Smart Food’ by Professor David Reay: www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783... Guardian article on Tesco’s plan to introduce carbon labelling: www.theguardian.com/business/... And one on when they dropped the plan: www.theguardian.com/environme... Independent article on Quorn’s plan to launch carbon labelling: www.independent.co.uk/life-st... Truck, Cargo Ship and Airport icons by Icons8 icons8.com/
@nc3826
4 жыл бұрын
KISS, just Google Gardening to start... and stop fixating all this crazy complexity.... Since we have to eat during the Winter too don't we??? That require the use of energy for greenhouses or transportation... Not to mention most ppl eat more than just fruit and vegs too??? But how about"Synergistic" (closed loop) food production, for the future? Where waste from one source is used as resource for something else.. For example manure from can be used or discard such as from aquaculture (or any animal) can fertilize plants... and large building with ppl in them tend to have excess heat that plants need... not to mention ppl tend to be happier if they can see plant in a an office or in an apartment building.. And then sell herbs, vegs and fruit in a cafeteria in the building? And forget about worrying about its exact carbon footprint??? Just a thought.... Nice show... But the narrative was a little skewed to fixating on minor details. And missed the bigger picture of how the production process need to be changed.
@Neilhuny
4 жыл бұрын
Shared. An important video - we should persuade everyone to think about the costs of what they eat
@Neilhuny
4 жыл бұрын
@@nc3826 I thought that's what this video said - Keep It Simple S**, grow what you can, think about production costs ie everything you said. Food for winter used to be what families could store themselves - root vegetables, apples etc. Importing more varied produce during the winter is acceptable, still, for most people.
@nc3826
4 жыл бұрын
@@Neilhuny This post was great... But I'm just a Simple engineer and it made my head spin trying to keep track of all the parameters expressed in it, on how to just go grocery shopping... And as far was what "used" be, many more ppl got scurvy.... also cool stored foods, loss nutritional value... and I would prefer persevered foods.... such as drying and pickling... but now that we can get fresh foods, all winter long...So personally I will not go back to a time when we had less healthy choices... but to each their own...
@harveyface
4 жыл бұрын
Can you do a meat one next and have a look at the WHO recommendations on climate change?
@awo1fman
4 жыл бұрын
This is a fantastic and eye-opening post. I like how you go into these things with open minds and readily accept when your preconceptions turn out to be wrong. The key is to be open to learning, but at the same time be careful about checking the reliability of sources, which you also demonstrate. Keep up the good work!
@maddiemoate
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mark!
@johnpagani5456
4 жыл бұрын
You pair are adorable, clearly passionate and well informed. I'd love to see this widely broadcast around schools and on mainstream TV. It's lifestyle education we are sadly missing presented in a friendly, non preaching way. Loved it!
@Barzen873
4 жыл бұрын
Amazing work guys. Finally someone looking at the whole production and transport chain. Seasonal food is the key!
@GregFoot
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ivan
@adrianosler1682
4 жыл бұрын
This is nothing new Gregg Wallace and other 'celebrity' food gurus have been advocating this for years it's only because the british public at large don't garden anymore they do not realise what uk food seasons are and assume strawberries at Christmas is normal
@TheJAMF
4 жыл бұрын
I'm lazy. I'd like a 365 days cookbook that covers seasonal food and (back in time) only meat on the weekend. Also add vegetarian alternatives on those weekend days. The Fully Flexitarian Charged Cookbook?
@ProgressiveVegan
4 жыл бұрын
Vegan is far more green than vegetarian, and no animals are enslaved, artificially inseminated or killed.
@dodgyal
4 жыл бұрын
Love this, I had no idea transport was only 6℅ of the carbon footprint of food and that looking for where things are in season around the world could be better than UK grown. I have so much to learn....
@pjoutdoorservices775
4 жыл бұрын
Hands down the best presenter on Fully Charged. Great, happy energy ALWAYS! Great video Maddie and Greg! Very interesting too!
@DragonCotterill
4 жыл бұрын
Which is exactly the reason I grow my own food down the allotment. Negligible growing costs, local food (about a mile away), seasonal and the biggie - better taste. Can't get better than that.
@ScottSextonandDavidLewis
4 жыл бұрын
Growing your own is a great answer to the many complexities of carbon footprints. However where many people live, water for growing your own food is itself a complication both in terms of how it is brought or desalinated energy use, but also perhaps who goes without water when it is sucked from a river or diminished aquifer. Best to live where water falls from the sky and food grows sustainably. We need that for 7.5 billion people, but even if half the population achieved that and the one third food waste was halved, we'd be on a better road, don't you think?
@copyrightvideos1
4 жыл бұрын
Try and look at the HomeBiogas 2 system for all the food waste. It is nice to make your own gas to cook on, and as an bonus you get fertilizer for your garden.
@barrykaine6526
4 жыл бұрын
Agreed! We could be generating clean burning fuel and compost, from our sewage and food wastes. Methane, the gas produced from bio-wastes, can be compressed and liquified, and it is higher octane than "natural" (petroleum) gas, (and it needs no refining, and has no toxic byproducts); plus, there is no need to "discover" it, or frack the earth to produce it, not to mention it is renewable, not finite. Right now, we just release the methane into the atmosphere, (from sewage treatment plants and landfills), where it is about 10 times more damaging than CO2, as a greenhouse gas.
@MichaelNolanUK
4 жыл бұрын
How on earth did they manage to find time to film this alongside recording Let's Go Live for the last three months?! Great work as always!
@maddiemoate
4 жыл бұрын
Haha! We're not quite sure either!
@GregFoot
4 жыл бұрын
it's been a busy 3 months!!
@MusketPhotography
4 жыл бұрын
This is why buying local can be a very miss leading thing when it comes to the environment impact of food. So glad you have talked about this.
@GregFoot
4 жыл бұрын
Cheers Anthony, it was fascinating learning about it all
@maddiemoate
4 жыл бұрын
Cheers Anthony
@harryinKenya
4 жыл бұрын
I live just a handful of miles South of the equator in Kenya. On my small (11 acres) farm on the shore of Lake Victoria I grow bananas, tomatoes, peppers, melons and some potatoes. Temperature ranges seasonally from 75F to 85F. I have two rainy seasons and draw water from the Lake for the rest of the time with a solar pump. The main local industry is fishing, and I get the waste created by cleaning the fish to make fish emulsion to fertilise my crops, as well as harvesting the plentiful water hyacinth from the Lake to make compost for the soil. My carbon footprint is minimal.. But, note that I grow crops which are suited to my environment, and growing grapes and strawberries in the UK for the market in February is less carbon-footprint-efficient than suffering food miles transport from parts of the world where growing them is better suited. Keep up the good work Maddie and Greg.
@francoisdurocher4951
4 жыл бұрын
I AM looking forward to this new series. Your approach is definitively refreshing and the vulgarisation and depth is impressive. THANK-YOU FOR THIS.
@glennmckenzie1096
4 жыл бұрын
It would be good to check out clothing and fashion as apparently they have a vastly bigger carbon footprint through their lives than almost anything else!
@heytheregeorgeygirl
4 жыл бұрын
A good way to cut your carbon footprint on clothing is to buy what is already in the system and not new. Second hand shops and charity shops or clothes swaps are a brilliant idea :)
@PedroRafael
4 жыл бұрын
From now, I'll open up for the seasonal fruit grown abroad, as I usually didn't buy it because of the food miles. But as I weigh your arguments, and those 6%, then yeah, carbon footprint is more important. Thank you for this enlightening episode!
@GregFoot
4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome, was super interesting to make!
@coniow
4 жыл бұрын
Just to complicate things with regard to "Grown Locally", here on the Isle of Wight there is a large complex of Green Houses supplying tomatoes to supermarkets. Sainsbury's in Newport had the empty trailer, (after the delivery was unloaded), taken 7 miles up the road to the Tomato Farms. Once loaded there, it was taken over the Solent (on a diesel powered ferry), and on to the Distribution Depot. Where some of these tomatoes were split down, and sent BACK over the Solent to the Newport store. The only way to ensure you get the 'cleanest' food, (with regard to 'footprint'), is to shop at a local farm shop. And only eat 'in-season.' If you happen to live in a big city? Try and get an allotment, maybe? If you can still find one.
@MeganWolpert
2 ай бұрын
Really great video for my lesson. I am teaching Food miles to me year 7's. Thank you!
@Robo10q
4 жыл бұрын
Great episode! Too bad the details are so complex for the average consumer. The next count over from me has a farm that offers seasonal food and you purchase an annual share of the produce. I just wish it was closer.
@pinkelephants1421
4 жыл бұрын
A lot of mushrooms are mass produced in Ireland so that's not too bad. New Zealand exports a lot of fresh fruit including apples and 🥝, to the UK. Fascinating and a real eye-opener. I like most people have been thinking in terms of food MILES only - OOPS!
@jalaparoy
4 жыл бұрын
Greetings from beautiful Xalapa, Veracruz, México where the Jalapeño chiles originally came from. We are so incredibly blessed here because only about 10%-20% of our fresh fruit and vegetables are imported(grains are another story). Maddie, you are so charming in every sense of the word and should be a future English movie star!!(I can't remember who you look and act so much like, but you are even prettier!). When this pandemic is over, please come to México for a long stay so you fuel foot print is much less. ¡Hasta la vista y siempre bienvenidos! Roy "El Gringo Jalapeño"
@JohnSmith-gb3fr
4 жыл бұрын
just great that you are doing these shows.
@GrrMeister
4 жыл бұрын
*Grow your own, even if you have a small garden you can produce a lot of vegetables when in Season. If you do not have a 'Garden' look for a local Allotment Site.*
@matt5284
4 жыл бұрын
Great video, I moved to Australia from UK, 3 years ago, down here almost all the fruit and veg in the supermarket is grown in Australia and you can only get a lot of things seasonally. PS Good to see you again Greg :)
@GregFoot
4 жыл бұрын
*waves* Cheers!
@oneworldfamily
4 жыл бұрын
Looking forward to the episode where they cover meat/dairy. Let the fun begin! The last great frontier for Westerners to get their heads around environmental responsibility. I wonder if the Fully Charged presenters are veggie.
@wietzepost
4 жыл бұрын
Greenhouses are frequently heated by renewable energy. The growers also pump in additional carbon dioxide, which means that more CO2 than is used with outdoor growing, is actually used up within a greenhouse. That's a good thing. In addition, Dutch greenhouses barely (if any) use pesticides. All kinds of bugs (predators), and birds, are let loose to chase the bad guys. Thus, less energy is used than would be used to make pesticides (which are definitely needed outside). And further, renewable nitrogen fertilizers can be made, for instance, by using ammonia. (Ammonia is a possible storage method for renewable hydrogen, which can be - Tada! - used with a fuel cell to create electricity.) Greenhouses can produce 7 to 8 times as much per hectare as can be grown outdoors. Thus, greenhouses may very well have a lower carbon footprint, and generally be more environmentally friendly, as well as healthier, than outdoor-grown vegetables, even while out-of-season...
@harmsy
4 жыл бұрын
That British vs Spanish strawberries question is a corker! Date was April/May, British strawberries probably grown in heated greenhouses. Spanish strawberries unlikely heated by then. Food miles therefore negligible impact - the burning of gas to heat UK greenhouses a major issue. Big picture needed here.
@CCGR-2024
4 жыл бұрын
Is this going to be another series for you? I look forward to learning a lot then!
@micheldignand1074
4 жыл бұрын
These guys are great. Watched the buying an ev some time ago, and yes... great!
@ferkeap
4 жыл бұрын
Tip, don't use Peet-based potting, mayor methaan release, where it is digged up.
@ecospider5
4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant analysis thank you
@andreschirmer2939
4 жыл бұрын
Yes, Maddie and Greg will rescue food from the supermarkt waste bin. In Germany it is illegal to collect food from in the supermarkets waste bin. This could be a thrilling story I am keen on.
@GregFoot
4 жыл бұрын
ah yes 'dumpster diving'... I remember covering this for a story a few years back...
@andreschirmer2939
4 жыл бұрын
Amazing, and what happens next. The making a delicious meal out of leftovers in Jamie Oliver's gardens kitchen on a solar stove.
@karora
4 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of "The Good Life" fro back in the 70's...
@charlesmathews5840
4 жыл бұрын
You mentioned near the end regarding waste food, and that discarding it produces more carbon emissions. If one discards it in a compost pile to be used in the garden at a later date, surely the carbon foot print won't be so significant?
@ugursenturk5860
4 жыл бұрын
Food for thought
@d0b0b
4 жыл бұрын
Perhaps if the produce had the date it was picked on it, we could then make the decision if we wanted to eat an 8 month old apple that has been refrigertated for that time. If the food had recently been picked we already know it is in season, wherever it was grown. Seems very complicated to make the supermarket calculate the carbon footprint, when this is just one of the factors anyway in terms of environmental impact. The supermarkets already know when the produce was picked so this would be a relatively simple change.
@stefanzahariou5028
4 жыл бұрын
Fantastic!! Please keep these coming!
@Ambot51
4 жыл бұрын
Wow. Surprised by the amount of plastic packaging from the UK grocery shop. That topic is worth an episode all by itself.
@bwarey52
4 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately she went to tesco. There are plenty of supermarkets in the UK that sell fruit and veg without packaging. Tesco are also one of the worst for importing meat from all corners of the world just to keep the price at rock bottom
@xperyskop2475
4 жыл бұрын
The main problem is housing design and a tiny amount of land around them. People shud have big gardens so they can grow their own food at least part of it (but there is no tax and vat in it for the government )
@OndrejMajernik
4 жыл бұрын
WoW, It is even better than the last THING Maddie made.
@schdifn4025
4 жыл бұрын
Good video ..But what IF the greenhouse in the uk would run EXCLUSIVELY on reneawables ..OR ships started using green hydrogen or batteries in a few years
@Wookey.
4 жыл бұрын
Then the footprints will change accordingly. If we just carbon-label the foodstuffs then we don't all need to become experts in everything and the system can cope as things shift.
@matthewmason8982
4 жыл бұрын
Didn’t watch this for ages, thinking it was going to be another vegan “stop eating meat, think of all the cow farts” video. But it was actually good. More information on food labels, would be handy 👍🏼
@GregFoot
4 жыл бұрын
Glad you watched it in the end!
@darrenfinan
4 жыл бұрын
I would love to see co2 labelling on products. My vote for next video is on plastic bottles, cans and glass bottles.
@flemlion13
4 жыл бұрын
Thank god you dropped the food miles obsession before the episode was over
@tonysimi1776
4 жыл бұрын
Cute presentation! accurate and insightful thank you. awesome job!
@Dino1106
4 жыл бұрын
Such a great team you guys
@KJSvitko
4 жыл бұрын
Glad to see the mask and the wash your hands comment. Also only one of you going into the store. Good job staying safe from covid. Well done.
@spomatat
4 жыл бұрын
If the food is already in the shop it doesn't matter where that food comes from or if you buy it or not because it has already left its Carbon Food print, it is already in the shop so we can not do anything to change it! Simple as that!
@ScottSextonandDavidLewis
4 жыл бұрын
If you and others don't buy, they'll reduce their future inventory won't they?
@lghammer778
4 жыл бұрын
I'm excited to see an update on the nursery 😃
@JGwhiz47
4 жыл бұрын
FOOD for thought! Good video.
@williamstanley7900
4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant, well done yous.
@ferkeap
4 жыл бұрын
More potatoes, got it! Dutch greenhouses are more and more heated with geothermal, btw.
@nzyama
4 жыл бұрын
Wish we had proper Country of Origin labeling in Australia...
@jambojambo313
4 жыл бұрын
I always buy fresh British Herefordshire grown pineapples.
@RedBatteryHead
4 жыл бұрын
Wow, didn't think that result would come out. Thx for the heads up
@bumblebee9337
4 жыл бұрын
I've long had the habit of checking where my produce comes from. Oh, these blueberries are from Chile, or from BC, or from New Jersey.
@javipk7
4 жыл бұрын
learn about sprouts , you can do it from home all you need is a jar, water and seeds. lookup 'rich roll sprouts' for a podcast about it
@Holywood07
4 жыл бұрын
I think demanding everything being available all year round is very decadent. Reflect on what is seasonal locally and try to buy that. Strawberries in January (that have no taste)? No go! Grapes in March? No go! In one of your national food stores there is a program "regional goods for the region". And still I found fresh corn cobs in leafes from California vs. pasturised ones from the region. Why would I buy the ones from California (in a European country)? If you feel there is non-sense: risk some food waste when grocery stores half-price oversees products in order to tell them: "don't buy that shit from elsewhere". This is the only way you can achieve that local goods get preference.
@showme360
4 жыл бұрын
Ever heard of 'The Good Life' yep thats what we are trying to do, we have solar, we have electric cars, and now we are working on our food source, growing our own!......Yes its a lifestyle change and its not easy, its taken us 4 years to get to this stage, so always interested in seeing how you guys get on!!
@mramazingtroy
4 жыл бұрын
Why don't you look into sprouting? With the right seeds you can get a lot of the nutrient requirements of vegatables through a variety of sprouts.
@petemcfadyen1697
4 жыл бұрын
Can you lettuce ;-) know what time of year you film these in please?
@GregFoot
4 жыл бұрын
Of Cos... we filmed this mid April - mid May I think...
@wietzepost
4 жыл бұрын
@@GregFoot Good one - 'cos' ;)
@phoenixr
4 жыл бұрын
So weirdly, the best indicator is price, the cheaper, the better.
@Sofala
4 жыл бұрын
You should only eat food that is in season in your own country. You appreciate it more when you do.
@sroberts605
4 жыл бұрын
Blimey! Well presented, but all this is, to me, common sense and long worked out, probably as I'm old and grew up with first, pretty much seasonal stuff from the local greengrocer = veg , apples and pears with the odd exotic orange and banana! So the amazing choice that we have now is very obvious for it's non-localness for want of better term. In my head I go for non-local stuff that is shipped relatively easily, and away from stuff flown from Africa or Asia. Also, because it was a process that went through years of yukky, tasteless and sprayed with god knows what, I ended up growing my own mostly! Happily, the EU legislation helped with quality of produce, if not quality of landscape and soil health.
@ChadMagiera
4 жыл бұрын
This might be the most important episode you’ve put together for everyone.
@Lewis_Standing
3 жыл бұрын
I just ate some beans from Kenya and and asparagus from Isreal, must do better - need to get frozen British stuff out of season
@christiansauter9705
4 жыл бұрын
Great video but I feel it is lacking on emphasizing the importance of reducing meat and dairy consumption although none of that was bought in the video it still is important for people to understand the enormous weight of the type of diet and not only the miles it travels or if it is seasonal.
@TillDerWilly
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for this delightfull video :) Now if you could compare a plant based diet to a "normal western" diet in terms of emissions, that would be great! :D
@Bajotaz
4 жыл бұрын
I've been choosing ecologically grown, locally sourced, food for 20yrs now. They are fresh and taste better.
@CrownRider
4 жыл бұрын
A green house product is not necessarily from a heated green house. That's the whole point of a green house.....
@GregFoot
4 жыл бұрын
I believe we did discuss that Jan, no?
@harryinKenya
4 жыл бұрын
Even if the greenhouse is not heated, making the greenhouse had a carbon footprint.
@nikumeru
4 жыл бұрын
@@harryinKenya yeah but it's much more efficient than traditional methods, I'd also argue we should be moving towards hydro/aquaponics as soon as possible, 90% of the water needed, much less space, much more productive in the same time.
@DavidKnowles0
4 жыл бұрын
@@harryinKenya Yes but that a one off carbon footprint. Rather continuously producing carbon that air and sea transport would produce.
@ianmurray250
4 жыл бұрын
@@GregFoot UK tomatoes are grown in a heated greenhouse with bright lights too, this fools the plants to think winter is spring and set flowers and fruit. Often they are soil free and have their own colony of bees. This could be a visit video to see how it all works and discuss with a farmer how to make it greener.
@gordonross8524
4 жыл бұрын
What if the heating used in UK growing is achieved from renewable energy? Just saying 😀
@Lewis_Standing
3 жыл бұрын
It's better for it to be fossil fuel based, literally the plants use the increased c02 to photosynthesise more
@ChrispyNut
4 жыл бұрын
This is why I advocate for the proliferation of vertical farms, at least one per town/village using Hydroponics and Aeroponics predominantly and every "large" residential building having a few floors dedicated to growing food. There's also a point about "heated" farms. These can easily be more energy efficient than non-heated ones as an unusual weather event could easily destroy a crop but be mitigated with climate controls, even though they're not used most of the time (because they focus on seasonal produce for that area). We're still very stuck in the past for food production, a revolution can occur, it's just how long the legacy can continue.
@nc3826
4 жыл бұрын
Like it or not this post showed... the new ways to do it, is not "always" the lower CF option... but we all know the "legacy" of SM has been it's all about simple minded meme, instead the complex multifaceted approach that is messy real world answer.... so good luck with that :)
@ronaldbooth8265
4 жыл бұрын
Vertical farms are the future. I re ad that if the current crop lands were converted to vertical farms, it would produce enough food for 34 TRILLION people. So you can imagine just how much land we could give back to nature, if all we needed to do is feed a measly 8 billion with vertical farms! :-)
@callumoakey3753
4 жыл бұрын
vertical farms have a lot of advantages, but energy efficiency is not one of them because of the lighting requirements
@ChrispyNut
4 жыл бұрын
@@callumoakey3753 Actually they are more energy efficient, when viewed holistically. The land freed up from traditional farming can be repurposed for solar and scrub land, the building itself can be covered with solar panels, using integrated light tunnels to distribute daylight throughout, let alone the enormous reduction in water usage and chemical runoff "costs". There's still a whole bunch of stuff that we can't grow much more efficiently than current practices, but those products won't be such a hindrance, once we've shifted what we can.
@nc3826
4 жыл бұрын
SM wannabe expert idealizing conjecture is fun, but it will come down to cost for most consumer...
@bazoo513
4 жыл бұрын
Very good - much more thorough than the usual "buy local" mantra. In addition to what you covered, some foods have an inherently higher carbon footprint than others (like beef vs. pork vs. poultry).
@CurdinGees74
4 жыл бұрын
They were only checking on vegetables and fruits not on meat!
@bazoo513
4 жыл бұрын
@@CurdinGees74 As I said, "in addition to what you covered...". Not everybody is vegan; some people eat close to a natural human diet (and yet others eat far too much meat.)
@knifeyonline
4 жыл бұрын
@@bazoo513 so true... meat probably has very low food miles... we should all be carnivores 😆
@Lewis_Standing
3 жыл бұрын
@@knifeyonline zombies have a very low food miles / footprint
@elcharphe
4 жыл бұрын
Yay! Maddie & Greg! Great coverage of this very complicated topic. Fully Charged keeps getting better and better.
@GregFoot
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Larry, much appreciated
@dewaldpieterse8422
4 жыл бұрын
Too much plastic wrapping! Reduce that footprint even more with loose picked fruit and vege without having plastic waste to throw into the landfills.
@sherpa972
4 жыл бұрын
Dewald Pieterse Agree 100%. Is there a plastic that is 100% reusable or recyclable ? If yes then governments should mandate all packaging be reusable or recyclable and those manufacturers are responsible for the post-sale process. The burden should not be on the government aka taxpayers. Now if the answer is no then totally ban it. This would force change.
@ΘάνατοςΧορτοφάγος
4 жыл бұрын
@@sherpa972 bio-plastic exists, its usually made from plant materials and 100% degradable plastic should be recycled, not go in a landfill
@libellula3313
4 жыл бұрын
Great report. We should all go back to eating seasonally. Strawberries at Christmas’s are ridiculous
@ArkadiuszFlak
4 жыл бұрын
One change to the food productions / sale in my opinion would make an immediate change for good - stop packing it in plastic.
@therealcaldini
4 жыл бұрын
Arkadiusz Flak Yeah, but then what do you pack it in? Plastic is lightweight and where needs be, airtight. It’s great for the job it’s supposed to do, but after that it’s the worst thing ever, so I suppose we need to compromise.
@ArkadiuszFlak
4 жыл бұрын
@@therealcaldini My mom used to run a small shop for 30 years. She started in 80s and never had vegetables or meat in plastic. everything was fresh and packed by shop assistants in recycled paper. Why not go back to that? Why not buy what you need and eat it fresh? I would love to go to Asda or Tesco and have a conversation with a shop assistant who could offer me a special and maybe suggest something new. I really miss that.
@kevinwillis6707
4 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@leoclarke6462
4 жыл бұрын
We could of course heat our UK farms with Solar / Wind and Batteries !!
@robsengahay5614
4 жыл бұрын
Every thing in single use plastic!!!!
@ΘάνατοςΧορτοφάγος
4 жыл бұрын
To decrease food waste and its recycleble.
@robsengahay5614
4 жыл бұрын
Thanas Stefanis V Recycling single use plastic is not tenable nor is it sustainable. Most of it never gets recycled but even if it does the process uses a great deal of energy and only produces more plastic to be discarded. Single use plastic is not a solution to food waste.
@wojtek_be
4 жыл бұрын
Fully Charged is changing. Content is getting wider but stay on proper topic. Good work!
@87vortex87
4 жыл бұрын
Okey, like the video but this is a bit to much for me. I like the feeling of self sufficiency but not at the expense of the current living standard. If it has low co2 equivalent footprint and cheaper, i like it. But not if it is more expensive, more work, or declining from current standard we have. Maybe a little bit shortsighted but that is my current viewpoint. BTW, green is not always more future proof, because the yield per hectare will drop and we dont have enough land already, so i dont see that as an option. What i would like to see is more vertical farms, that use no soil in a controlled environment so no pesticides are requiered, and real meat but grown in a lab. As long as the meat is save it will quickly become cheaper because economies of scale and scope are easier to achieve than traditional production methodes.
@2nd3rd1st
4 жыл бұрын
10:10 This bit about the counter-intuitive carbon footprint requires A MUCH more indepth explanation, or any at all. Maybe even an interview with an expert, since this is really confusing for consumers.
@johndoe-wr1fh
4 жыл бұрын
which is why we need co2 on labels!
@Ed.R
4 жыл бұрын
@@johndoe-wr1fh They did start doing exactly that back around 2009 - 10 but sadly didn’t continue it long. I suppose it was expensive to calculate due to the complexities.
@williamarmstrong7199
4 жыл бұрын
The problem is all "reseach" is generally funded by industry these days.. so guess what the results show? Well exactly the result the "Funding Company" require of course otherwise no more funding... not only for the "experts" but the whole university! Watch Professor Lustig's video "Sugar the Bitter truth" then look are the funders of "research" that "proves" he is wrong.. He is right but cannot get his message out. Fructose is poisonous. A large % of the American Agricultural output is dedicated to manufacturing Sugars mostly in the form of HFCS High Fructose Corn Syrup.
@davidcardus1042
4 жыл бұрын
You guys are fab ! ... love the little out take bit on the end 🤣👍🏼... is never have thought of any of that stuff ! Thankyou
@AdrianMcDaid
4 жыл бұрын
Good story telling. The obvious choice not always the right one.
@wraptieinternational2892
4 жыл бұрын
Wow, I didn’t realise how much plastic you guys in the UK cover your fresh fruit and veggies in! Did you count the carbon emissions from the creation and collection of the packaging? And then the ongoing emissions as it all gets land filled.
@garethjones1982
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah the supermarkets here are obsessed with plastics, definitely needs legislation to stop this.
@Tysto
4 жыл бұрын
I thought this was going to be dumb, but it was actually really enlightening.
@paulf7757
4 жыл бұрын
Those assumptions based on power usage have they taken into consideration the improvements recently made to the UK grid? Also food security and reducing future vectors for infection may be important things to consider as well.
@rushja
4 жыл бұрын
Great video. I was talking about lamb with my workmate, he pointed out that lamb from New Zealand produced less carbon footprint than from Wales, which doesn’t make any sense until you think about the entire lifecycle of the product. You explained it well but you could probably do a fairly hefty series on this subject alone!
@harryinKenya
4 жыл бұрын
James, would you please explain the reasoning behind that conclusion, as my otherwise logical brain cannot find it? Harry. a Welshman in Kenya.
@ΘάνατοςΧορτοφάγος
4 жыл бұрын
You eat baby sheep?
@jaynemesis
4 жыл бұрын
Loved this video. More of this! What blew my mind is the carbon emissions involved in meat & dairy production. I found that going vegan is the single biggest change any normal person can make to their carbon footprint. I hope you eventually get onto this topic.
@prodavnicayugo
4 жыл бұрын
Great show, thanks! I hate to add complication, but there are other non-CO2 environmental impacts - Spanish tomatoes contribute to Spain's severe water shortage, was that Brazilian orange plantation cleared from rainforest? When you come to dairy Californian almond milk is far lower in CO2 that UK milk but has other serious problems... Eat local, seasonal, mostly vegan and especially nothing from cattle! Keep it up !
@ThomasParis
4 жыл бұрын
One of the best videos on this channel. Makes me feel good for being a subscriber. Thanks! Oh and as for food waste, the way I fight it is through apps that let shops sell me produce they can't shelf any more. There are quite a few, but I have had good experiences with both Phenix and TooGoodToGo. Haven't tried the other ones.
@richardwheatcroft6065
4 жыл бұрын
Great video. It is a difficult and not straightforward topic. We had a local food goup (UK) a few years ago, to buy & distribute seasonal food from an ideal 50mile radius of our town. It was not easy! Local cliamate limited the food ranges, but eventually other local businesses started to sell from the same producers, and the group was closed as it was no longer needed. Great result! In the Netherlands our friends have a share of a farm co-op where many families have invested into their own small farm, employing a farmer, with the aim of growing as much produce that they can to subsidise the supermarket shop as best as possible & lower food miles. I would be interested in hearing more about schemes like this from where ever they are.
@mikeytrw
4 жыл бұрын
Well I totally learned something,. Would be great if you could cover meat production in the UK, we hear how awful cattle is, but I hear in Scotland it's ok because the cows graze where it's unable or unpractical to farm produce.
@jefdebackker1395
4 жыл бұрын
This week I found out that our local North Sea prawns (I am from Belgium) are transported to Morroco to be peeled before being transported back to us. Completely bonkers if you think about it.
@bikecommuter24
4 жыл бұрын
I live in California I try to buy foods grown here, California grows all kinds of fruits an such I live an hour away from a Apple Growing region I wonder how that impacts my footprint going up there to get apples and apple cider. I do grow my own peppers, figs and lemons waiting on my tomatoes and I did have apricots but the birds ate them. I'm afraid to check my footprint that seems like a rabbit hole in the making. 😁
@Noukz37
4 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you guys covered this topic! I hope you will also be brave enough to tackle the plastic footprint of groceries, and maybe even about the vegan movement. :-)
@judo-rob5197
4 жыл бұрын
At first I was skeptical about watching this video. But, you both did a fantastic job of explaining the information. Thanks.
@ecok
4 жыл бұрын
Allotment! Pleased to see you are having a go at some home grown veg. We grow 80% of the vegetables we eat in a year on our home veg patch and over the last few years have reduced our meat eating to tiny amounts. "When I was a boy" Seasonal Veg was all there was ... tastes far better fresh, local and in season, compared to when air-freighted half way round the globe, so skip them and save the money and the planet.
@freeform33
4 жыл бұрын
The footprint saving from growing your own will offset the effects of buying supermarket veg the rest of the year.I will be picking tomatoes from now until October and they will taste so much better .when the glut comes I will share it with the neighbours you just have to make sure somebody eats it .it all counts
@robenglish416
4 жыл бұрын
Food security is an issue now, especially thinking covid and Brexit and future climate disasters!
@NetZeroHow
4 жыл бұрын
Superb video guys and some key content for anyone who is trying to strive for a better future but just don't know how. Certainly learnt a few things and really looking forward to seeing the next installment on food waste. Keep up the great work! Glen
@ronaldbooth8265
4 жыл бұрын
You have to focus on the big polluters first - the United Nations is urging a global move to a meat and dairy free diet. It's been in the news well over 10 years ago, and very few people have taken it seriously.
@haroldwoodson1499
4 жыл бұрын
We transitioned our family to basically a full plant-based diet (I dread to use the V word). And after about a month you don't miss meat. Once your brain gets off the saturated fat 'high' associated with cheese and meat and chicken, then it's no big deal, and you certainly don't feel like you are missing out on anything. The trick is IMO to eat a wide range of cuisines from around the world, and you will feel like your diet is more interesting than ever before. If you don't believe me, try it for a month yourself!
@bwarey52
4 жыл бұрын
I have no problem with people choosing not to eat meat but the carbon footprint variables of meat production are massive. I've been told that we shouldn't eat meat because its responsible for the deforestation of the rainforest, a massive generalisation. I produce native breed beef on the edge of exmoor on land that could not be used for growing anything other than grass and would have a tiny carbon footprint compared to the imported fruits and vegetables in Maddies shopping. Local produced and distributed is far more important
@ronaldbooth8265
4 жыл бұрын
@@bwarey52 And how do you expect to feed the world on some "native beef" on t he edge of exmoor? Global Warming is not just in the UK. Even still it's easy to argue that even if your land was barren rock and sand, it would have less of a carbon and emission footprint than cattle. I know it's your livelyhood, but we're talking about the possibility of human extinction by the turn of the century, so I hope you are able to consider some alternatives.
@144Donn
4 жыл бұрын
Great point! This video can make one feel that eating vegetables and fruit is bad..we must be very careful how we craft our message. There is a cost of living in this world. We try to have the smallest print we can but, we still need to survive. Plus, when all transport is Electric the print goes way down!
@bwarey52
4 жыл бұрын
@@ronaldbooth8265 my point is I'm capable of feeding my local community at a incredibly low carbon level. We can grow all sorts of seasonal fruit and veg in this country and distribute it locally very affectively but we have become to used to buying non UK native food. does anyone really need a pice of grilled watermelon chucked on the side of the plate to make it look pretty?
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