Energy Use In The Us Food System
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Energy Use in the U.S. Food System
Author | : Patrick N. Canning |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 39 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1437930336 |
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This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Energy is an important input in growing, processing, packaging, distributing, storing, preparing, serving, and disposing of food. In the U.S., use of energy along the food chain for food purchases by or for U.S. households increased between 1997 and 2002 at more than six times the rate of increase in total domestic energy use. This increase in food-related energy flows is over 80% of energy flow increases nationwide over the period. The use of more energy-intensive technologies throughout the U.S. food system accounted for half of this increase, with the remainder attributed to population growth and higher real per capita food expenditures. Food-related energy use as a share of the national energy budget grew from 14.4% in 2002 to 15.7% in 2007. Illus.
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