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In trying to reduce the impact of our diets, we tend massively to over-emphasise #FoodMiles, and under-emphasise the type of food we eat. Even if you shipped bananas 6 times round the planet, their impact would be lower than local beef and lamb. ourworldindata.org/food-choice-vs…
In my experience, many people are extremely reluctant to hear this. We've been so bombarded with the notion that local = good that we miss the bigger picture, and end up with a highly simplified, misleading worldview. I hope this new dataset helps to correct that.
I've come to the conclusion that the biggest obstacle to developing a sustainable diet is bucolic romanticism. It starts at the very dawning of consciousness, as infants are exposed to thousands of books like this: 
