Greenhouse Manufacturing Plowing Seeding 
Civil Eats
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Black polyethylene “mulch film” gets tucked snugly around crop rows, clear plastic sheeting covers hoop houses, and most farmers use plastic seed trays, irrigation tubes, and fertilizer bags. All told, annual greenhouse gases released from plastic production, landfilling, and incineration total 850 million tons , or 4.5
Food Environment and Reporting Network
DECEMBER 12, 2022
The food sector, top to bottom, generates nearly 40 percent of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. And the meat industry alone, by some estimates, accounts for nearly 60 percent of all greenhouse gasses produced by the food system. Climate change, though, is where the game is really changing for meat. And on it went.
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