Assessing Fuel Efficiency and CO2 Emissions of Two Local Food Distribution Options in Iowa

June 2008

Rich Pirog, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, and Rebecca Rasmussen, ISU graduate student

This study looked at which method was most energy efficient: farmer delivery or customer pick-up food products for an Iowa Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) enterprise.

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