Climate Friendly Food

Food 31% carbon footprint (EIPRO)

80% CO2 reduction by 2050 – 450

ppm

Tyndall Centre

Zero Carbon Britain

Campaigns like www.350.org

Problems for the North West
Lang – population and health approach to land use

Arable land – access and use

Sea level rise

Cuba experience

Heinberg

East Lancs jam makers

Lack of joined up thinking with public health, environment

or (social justice)
Low carbon food systems
Very little fossil fuels
Renewable energy
Biological sources of fertility
Closed fertility loops
Movement away from artificial N
Movement away from manufactured inputs
Managing trees and hedges for wildlife
Perennial crops
Minimal processing or handling on mechanised
lines
Decentralised distribution
No refrigeration
Rich soil farming

Rejuvenating degraded soils

Ratten Lal – potential draw down

50ppm CO2

Term that is “inclusive”

CO2e calculations
Shillingford
Organics
Participatory certification
IFOAM backed

Complement or stand alone

Paperless

Low cost

Farmer-to-farmer inspection

Mutual support

AQA Unit Award Low Carbon food Mentors

Roll out community-based education

Low carbon journey
Gold award holder commitments

•Reduce liquid fossil fuel use (including

distribution) by 10% for next year
•95% closed-fertility
•Tillage do deeper than 6”/ 15cm
•Peat-free propagation
•Carbon sequestration
“We replaced diesel tractors with electric tractors and
it dropped our fuel use by more than two thirds. We
posted the plans for conversion on the web and over
one hundred have been built in the US.”
Ron Kholsa Hugenot Farm, New York County, US.
Jenny Hall

Climate Friendly Food

www.climatefriendlyfood.org.uk

01744 894284

Demonstration farm from 2010.