Meat Eaters Guide: Methodology - Environmental Working Group
Meat Eaters Guide: Methodology - Environmental Working Group
Meat Eaters Guide: Methodology - Environmental Working Group
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<strong>Meat</strong> <strong>Eaters</strong> <strong>Guide</strong>: <strong>Methodology</strong><br />
46<br />
Nuts<br />
Average of California<br />
almond, walnut,<br />
pecan and US peanut<br />
production systems. 79<br />
1.35<br />
Lentils Idaho lentils 0.54<br />
Tofu<br />
Peanut Butter<br />
Potato<br />
(Average:<br />
.26 CO 2 e)<br />
Based on<br />
conventional soybean<br />
production and<br />
processing<br />
Based on conventional<br />
US peanut production<br />
(See above)<br />
Southwestern Idaho<br />
(Russet Burbank)<br />
Eastern Idaho (Russet<br />
Burbank)<br />
0.70<br />
1.56<br />
0.32<br />
.185<br />
Broccoli California conventional 0.36<br />
Tomato<br />
(Average:<br />
.28 CO 2 e)<br />
California conventional<br />
(furrow irrigation)<br />
California conventional<br />
(direct seeded for processing)<br />
0.23<br />
0.10<br />
<strong>Environmental</strong> <strong>Working</strong> <strong>Group</strong> <strong>Meat</strong> <strong>Eaters</strong> <strong>Guide</strong>: <strong>Methodology</strong> 2011<br />
Tree nuts: Univ of Calif., Davis, Agricultural<br />
Cost and Return Studies<br />
http://www.cals.uidaho.edu/aers/<br />
crop_EB/EBBI% 20Wheat% 20Rotations/EBB1-Le-09.pdf<br />
Tofu-making process: S. Ibuchi, et<br />
al, “Energy Analysis of a Kori-Tofu<br />
Plant”, Journal of Food Engineering,<br />
1 (1982) 17-29.; B. Lin, et al, “Energy<br />
Saving in the Extraction-Denaturation<br />
Stage of Kori-Tofu and its Optimization”,<br />
Journal of Food Engineering<br />
6 (1987) 333-344.; Soybeans: D.<br />
Pimentel, “Impacts of Organic Farming<br />
on the Efficiency of Energy Use in<br />
Agriculture”, 2006.<br />
Peanut-butter-making process: US<br />
Census Bureau<br />
University of Idaho, College of Agricultural<br />
and Life Sciences, Enterprise<br />
Budgets<br />
Univ of Calif., Davis, Agricultural Cost<br />
and Return Studies<br />
Univ of Calif., Davis, Agricultural Cost<br />
and Return Studies<br />
Penn State Univ, Agricultural Alternatives<br />
Cooperative Extension Publications