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How does the food we buy, eat and don’t eat impact the environment?

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Prod-ID: INF-18-en
Published 12 Mar 2015 Last modified 22 Apr 2016
Before reaching our plates, food needs to be produced, processed, packaged, transported and distributed. Every step uses up resources and generates more waste and pollution.

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