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Re:India’s ban on rice exports raises fear of global food pr... by imjonse on Friday July 21, 2023 @12:12PM (#36815598)
A quote from that article "Transport is a small contributor to emissions. For most food products, it accounts for less than 10%, and it’s much smaller for the largest GHG emitters. In beef from beef herds, it’s 0.5%."
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Re:India’s ban on rice exports raises fear of global food pr... by mlyle on Friday July 21, 2023 @12:42PM (#36816069)
Yes, so the transportation of food is a small portion of the greenhouse emissions involved with producing that food.

Trying to grow food locally with lower economies of scale may in turn result in higher emissions. In any case, it's not going to massively lower emissions.

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