Food miles is a term which refers to the distance food is transported from the time of its production until it reaches the consumer. It is one dimension used in assessing the environmental impact of food. The concept of food miles originated in 1990 in the United Kingdom.

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  • Food miles is a term which refers to the distance food is transported from the time of its production until it reaches the consumer. It is one dimension used in assessing the environmental impact of food. The concept of food miles originated in 1990 in the United Kingdom. It was conceived by Andrea Paxton, who wrote a research paper that discussed the fact that food miles are the distance that food travels from the farm it is produced on to the kitchen in which it is being consumed (Iles, 2005, p.163). Engelhaupt (2008) states, that “food miles is the distance food travels from farm to plate, are a simple way to gauge food’s impact on climate change” (p. 3482). Food travels between 1,500 to 2,500 miles (4,000 km) every time that it is delivered to the consumer. The travel of products from the farms to the consumers is 25 percent farther now than it was in 1980 (“Counting our food miles,” 2007). Some scholars believe that the pollution is created due to the globalization of trade overseas; the focus of food supply bases into fewer, larger supplies; the drastic change in the delivery pattern; increase in processing and packaging foods; and making fewer trips to the supermarket. Others state that the GHG (Greenhouse Gas) emissions are created by the production phases which create 83 percent, 8.1 tons of CO2 foot printing. (Engelhaupt, E. , 2008). Recent studies in America and the UK indicate that about 80% of food emissions are produced before the food leaves the farm gate. The goal of the Environmental Protection Agencies is to make people aware of the environment impacts of food miles and show the pollution percentage and the energy used to transport food over long distances, at this time there are researchers that are working to provide the public with more information.
  • El concepto de Food miles hace referencia a la distancia a la que la comida es transportada desde su producción hasta que llega al consumidor. Es una dimemsión utilizada en el estudio del impacto medioambiental de los alimentos.
  • フード・マイレージ (food mileage) は、「食料の (= food) 輸送距離 (= mileage) 」という意味。輸入相手国別の食料輸入量重量×輸出国までの輸送距離（たとえばトン・キロメートル）を表す。食品の生産地と消費地が近ければフード・マイレージは小さくなり、遠くから食料を運んでくると大きくなる。 1994年に、イギリスの消費者運動家・ロンドン市立大学食料政策学教授のティム・ラング (Tim Lang) がフードマイル (food miles) として提唱した概念である。日本では、農林水産省農林水産政策研究所（所長・篠原孝 = 当時）によって2001年に初めて導入され、その際の訳語に総距離・道のりなどのニュアンスを含み、また、航空会社等のサービスにより耳なじみのある「マイレージ」が採用された。日本で広まるきっかけとなったのは、国内有機農業を振興してきた環境NGO・大地を守る会による「フードマイレージ・キャンペーン」である。
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  • Food miles is a term which refers to the distance food is transported from the time of its production until it reaches the consumer. It is one dimension used in assessing the environmental impact of food. The concept of food miles originated in 1990 in the United Kingdom.
  • El concepto de Food miles hace referencia a la distancia a la que la comida es transportada desde su producción hasta que llega al consumidor. Es una dimemsión utilizada en el estudio del impacto medioambiental de los alimentos.
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  • Food miles
  • Food miles
  • フードマイレージ
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