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词汇 food-miles
释义 food miles
noun[ plural ]
uk /ˈfuːd ˌmaɪlz/ us /ˈfuːd ˌmaɪlz/
the distance between the place where food is grown or made and the place where it is eaten食物里程(食品从种植地或生产地,到被食用的地方间的距离)
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Examples of food miles


food miles
In addition to reducing foodmiles, stimulating local economies and providing farmers with alternative markets, these locally based systems can also be a model for agriculture at the rural-urban interface.
Again, short foodmiles and local branding are essential.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
The environmental impact has been seen in so-called foodmiles.
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We can do a great deal to support local sourcing, not only through supporting our farmers in the rural economy but in reducing foodmiles.
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Will he and his ministerial colleagues give thought to specific measures that might encourage a reduction in foodmiles?
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Sustainability has to involve not simply aviation fuel taxation but measures to reduce foodmiles.
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I also hope that a greater emphasis on fresh foods will benefit local farmers, who can best supply freshness while keeping foodmiles low.
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More encouraging was the evidence of local interest from producers and consumers in farmers' markets, organic farming, reducing foodmiles and so on.
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From the environmental point of view, it leads to unnecessary foodmiles.
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The question of foodmiles is a serious one.
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However, the issues involved are complex and reducing foodmiles may not always be the most environmentally preferable solution in terms of reducing overall energy consumption.
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How can we do more to make sure that we reduce foodmiles and educate people to buy the food which is produced on their doorstep?
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Perhaps local partnerships could be established between urban consumption centres and rural producers, both to shorten foodmiles and to strengthen and shorten lines of food accountability.
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Through developing more lightweight bottles and reducing foodmiles, their carbon footprint is minimised.
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It must be recognized that foodmiles are unavoidable in this scenario unless the food is sourced from local producers.
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