food miles en · NOUN
Meanings
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(plural, plural-only) The number of miles a particular item of food travels from its source of production to its place of retail or consumption, used as a measure of the environmental impact in the global food trade.
As a result of the rise in crude oil prices, the cost per food mile worldwide has soared.
2008, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, International Energy Agency, World energy outlook 2008, →ISBN, page 174, →ISBN:
Translations (3)
cmn 食物里程 (environmental impact of food) · fi ruokakilometri (environmental impact of food) · cy taith bwyd (environmental impact of food)