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Food's Cost per Gram of Protein vs. Emissions [OC]
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Food’s Cost per Gram of Protein vs. Emissions [OC]

Food’s Cost per Gram of Protein vs. Emissions [OC]

by James_Fortis

5 Comments

  1. James_Fortis

    Sources:

    1. My Emissions for emissions by food: [https://myemissions.green/food-carbon-footprint-calculator/](https://myemissions.green/food-carbon-footprint-calculator/)

    2. USDA FoodData Central for macronutrient content: [https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/](https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/)

    3. Walmart for pricing (North Carolina region): [https://www.walmart.com/](https://www.walmart.com/) , IndexBox for pricing on goat meat: [https://www.indexbox.io/search/goat-meat-price/](https://www.indexbox.io/search/goat-meat-price/)

    4. True digestibilities from FAO (e.g. page 32): [https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=ieEEPqffcxEC&oi=fnd&pg=PA21&ots=IwxKL9oYKa](https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=ieEEPqffcxEC&oi=fnd&pg=PA21&ots=IwxKL9oYKa)

    5. IPCC for 21-37% of total emissions are from food: [https://www.ipcc.ch/srccl/chapter/chapter-5/](https://www.ipcc.ch/srccl/chapter/chapter-5/)

    Tools: Microsoft Excel

  2. I_Flunked_English

    This is a really great chart, thanks for putting this together.  If be interested to see how the best proteins on the chart for cost/CO2 compare vs their protein per calorie rato.

  4. PM_ME_UR_GOOD_VIBE

    Cool but wondering does how does 80% ground beef and ground pork skew compared to 95% lean ground beef/pork?

  5. bethanechol

    I always love your charts, and this one might be the most useful to me!

    I would be very curious to see where canned sardines and mussels fall on this chart, those are two increasingly popular items that I frequently hear touted for their sustainability

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