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Andrew Michaels · 10-07-2008, 02:34 AM

Whether you eat meat, a grain-based vegetarian diet, or a raw one, you might find this interesting.

I've heard for years that raw diets are better for the environment, but saw little solid research to back it up.

I decided to research the subject and have been reading up for several months now.

I just finished an article, though I'm still looking for some additional info. The article is here:

Save The Environment: How What You Eat Changes The World.

I've been searching high and low to verify some of the orchard efficiency data I've seen, and it seems likely that fruit trees are at least somewhat more efficient than a grain fields. Depending on what fruits we're talking about, fruit trees are sometimes very efficient at producing calories with minimum amounts of water compared to grains and meat.

There's still some question over cooking food, shipping fruits from other parts of the world, and pesticides.

Information I still need:
1)Data on the energy use and C02 emissions from cooking food.
2)Data on chemical use for non-organic orchards vs grain fields
3) I'd like some more solid numbers for my fruit calories/water use section.

Any other information you think might be useful.

(I prefer hard data from research, but I'll consider anything solid).

Thanks, and let me know what you think.

10-07-2008, 02:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
Andrew Michaels Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 339	What You Eat and Its Effect On The Environment Whether you eat meat, a grain-based vegetarian diet, or a raw one, you might find this interesting. I've heard for years that raw diets are better for the environment, but saw little solid research to back it up. I decided to research the subject and have been reading up for several months now. I just finished an article, though I'm still looking for some additional info. The article is here: Save The Environment: How What You Eat Changes The World. I've been searching high and low to verify some of the orchard efficiency data I've seen, and it seems likely that fruit trees are at least somewhat more efficient than a grain fields. Depending on what fruits we're talking about, fruit trees are sometimes very efficient at producing calories with minimum amounts of water compared to grains and meat. There's still some question over cooking food, shipping fruits from other parts of the world, and pesticides. Information I still need: 1)Data on the energy use and C02 emissions from cooking food. 2)Data on chemical use for non-organic orchards vs grain fields 3) I'd like some more solid numbers for my fruit calories/water use section. Any other information you think might be useful. (I prefer hard data from research, but I'll consider anything solid). Thanks, and let me know what you think.