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Database research record2024·Europe and United States

Comparing the carbon footprints of urban and conventional agriculture

Hawes J., Goldstein B., Newell J.

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A large-scale life-cycle study using citizen-science data from 73 urban sites in Europe and the US found that food from urban agriculture had a carbon footprint about six times that of conventional farming (roughly 420 vs 70 gCO2e per serving), driven mainly by infrastructure and inputs.

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