Food, Fuel, and Freeways:

An Iowa perspective on how far food travels, fuel usage, and greenhouse gas emissions

A report for the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture written by
Rich Pirog, marketing and food systems program leader,
Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
Timothy Van Pelt, student, Iowa State Agriculture & Biosystems Engineering
Kamyar Enshayan, adjunct assistant professor, University of Northern Iowa
Ellen Cook, summer intern, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

June 2001

Executive summary

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Graphic, How far do your fruit and vegetables travel?

Table, Weighted average source distance estimates for produce

Handout (showing graphic and table) [PDF]

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