http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2008/12/food-for-thought.html Instrumented. Interconnected. Intelligent. Tue, 22 May 2012 13:23:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2008/12/food-for-thought.html#comment-177568 Portale Opole Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:44:11 +0000 http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2008/12/food-for-thought.html#comment-177568 There are so many pages looking similarily on the Internet, however solely yours includes what I was looking for. I'll be checking it often! I add it to my bookmarks! There are so many pages looking similarily on the Internet, however solely yours includes what I was looking for. I’ll be checking it often! I add it to my bookmarks!

]]> http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2008/12/food-for-thought.html#comment-5593 Refrigerated Trucking Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:30:16 +0000 http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2008/12/food-for-thought.html#comment-5593 Yep i agree, the video seems a bit un professional otherwise it is conveying its message. Yep i agree, the video seems a bit un professional otherwise it is conveying its message.

]]> http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2008/12/food-for-thought.html#comment-411 Bas - Serial Expat Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:10:50 +0000 http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2008/12/food-for-thought.html#comment-411 I like the thought... don't like the video. It's a bit lame. Maybe not geared towards European viewers. ;) I like the thought… don’t like the video. It’s a bit lame. Maybe not geared towards European viewers. ;)

]]> http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2008/12/food-for-thought.html#comment-412 Squeeto Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:21:11 +0000 http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2008/12/food-for-thought.html#comment-412 buying local is great if you have tons of money, if you're a normal human being then you have to worry about things like feeding you're family and i don't think paying more money on local or organic foods than the amount one would pay for house payments is a realistic way to go about things. buying local is great if you have tons of money, if you’re a normal human being then you have to worry about things like feeding you’re family and i don’t think paying more money on local or organic foods than the amount one would pay for house payments is a realistic way to go about things.

]]> http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2008/12/food-for-thought.html#comment-413 Michael Brandow Sun, 01 Feb 2009 09:10:10 +0000 http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2008/12/food-for-thought.html#comment-413 This is an issue which warrants merit on its own basis, so I have to ask why you want to throw in a buzz phrase like "carbon footprint." For the intelligent people who understand that this would be such a preposterously small addition to anthropogenic CO2 emissions which are already preposterously small and of no effect on the environment, it gives us a reason to not care about what you're trying to do. Why can't you champion for a better earth because it is more economical, not because it decreases some penumbral eco-terrorist footprint. This is an issue which warrants merit on its own basis, so I have to ask why you want to throw in a buzz phrase like “carbon footprint.”
For the intelligent people who understand that this would be such a preposterously small addition to anthropogenic CO2 emissions which are already preposterously small and of no effect on the environment, it gives us a reason to not care about what you’re trying to do.
Why can’t you champion for a better earth because it is more economical, not because it decreases some penumbral eco-terrorist footprint.

]]> http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2008/12/food-for-thought.html#comment-414 Br0wnb3rry Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:41:11 +0000 http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2008/12/food-for-thought.html#comment-414 "then what you are doing on this web page is just pissing into the wind" not really, the fact that lots of food moved all over has more chance to spoil is a big waste of food. local exchange is the way to go. “then what you are doing on this web page is just pissing into the wind”
not really, the fact that lots of food moved all over has more chance to spoil is a big waste of food. local exchange is the way to go.

]]> http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2008/12/food-for-thought.html#comment-415 Keith Fri, 30 Jan 2009 02:53:05 +0000 http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2008/12/food-for-thought.html#comment-415 As a truck driver I can tell you that the video is so far off into left field that it is baseless. Spoilage on my truck has never been more than 5% per load in 15 years. We haul your food in refrigerated tractor trailer combos. If the truck breaks down the refrigerator doesn't quit. If the reefer quits while we are driving the lights on the drivers side of the trailer alerts us so we carry it to the nearest shop for repairs or cold storage until repairs are made. Produce temps are precise for the commodity to keep it fresh. Meat is frozen to -20f for shipping. Even when a reefer breaks down the product isn't going to wilt or defrost right away. Our trailer walls are thick and specially insulated to keep the heat out and the cold in for sustained periods of time. The stores buy from a buyer. The buyer buys from the farmer. The trucker hauls what the buyer ships. The types of produce are ordered depends of what the store wants. ie Washington Apples, Florida Oranges. If you want to reduce the carbon foot print for the loads that we haul then buy local and convince your neighbors to do the same. I buy from the farmers market when it's practical to support my local farmers. If you really want to reduce the carbon foot print of the loads that we haul across the country then design a more fuel efficient engine that can handle pulling an 80,000lb truck and trailer for 11 hours per day. Until we get alternative fuel sources or electric motors that rival fossil fuel motors then our carbon output will only go down by the measure of new emission requirements that we are already facing. In the past few years truck engine emissions have been reduced by cleaner engines and exhaust requirements as well as new Ultra Low Sulfer Fuels. The next few years will see more changes in emission requirements per the EPA. Until we have trucks that have zero emissions then what you are doing on this web page is just pissing into the wind. As a truck driver I can tell you that the video is so far off into left field that it is baseless. Spoilage on my truck has never been more than 5% per load in 15 years. We haul your food in refrigerated tractor trailer combos. If the truck breaks down the refrigerator doesn’t quit. If the reefer quits while we are driving the lights on the drivers side of the trailer alerts us so we carry it to the nearest shop for repairs or cold storage until repairs are made. Produce temps are precise for the commodity to keep it fresh. Meat is frozen to -20f for shipping. Even when a reefer breaks down the product isn’t going to wilt or defrost right away. Our trailer walls are thick and specially insulated to keep the heat out and the cold in for sustained periods of time.
The stores buy from a buyer. The buyer buys from the farmer. The trucker hauls what the buyer ships. The types of produce are ordered depends of what the store wants. ie Washington Apples, Florida Oranges. If you want to reduce the carbon foot print for the loads that we haul then buy local and convince your neighbors to do the same. I buy from the farmers market when it’s practical to support my local farmers. If you really want to reduce the carbon foot print of the loads that we haul across the country then design a more fuel efficient engine that can handle pulling an 80,000lb truck and trailer for 11 hours per day. Until we get alternative fuel sources or electric motors that rival fossil fuel motors then our carbon output will only go down by the measure of new emission requirements that we are already facing. In the past few years truck engine emissions have been reduced by cleaner engines and exhaust requirements as well as new Ultra Low Sulfer Fuels. The next few years will see more changes in emission requirements per the EPA.
Until we have trucks that have zero emissions then what you are doing on this web page is just pissing into the wind.

]]> http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2008/12/food-for-thought.html#comment-416 Jim Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:43:52 +0000 http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2008/12/food-for-thought.html#comment-416 Buy local. It's the best way to start. Buy local. It’s the best way to start.

]]> http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2008/12/food-for-thought.html#comment-417 Junior Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:42:40 +0000 http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2008/12/food-for-thought.html#comment-417 I'm a bit reluctant to buy into the entire "carbon footprint" idea but there does need to be some serious work when it comes to innovation and reduction of waste. That doesn't even make any sense. But how do you actually *change* this? I’m a bit reluctant to buy into the entire “carbon footprint” idea but there does need to be some serious work when it comes to innovation and reduction of waste. That doesn’t even make any sense.
But how do you actually *change* this?

]]> http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2008/12/food-for-thought.html#comment-418 Lewis Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:27:34 +0000 http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2008/12/food-for-thought.html#comment-418 The best way to reduce the carbon footprint of your food is to eat locally. If you want to start eating foods grown in your area, a great place to start is the Eat Well Guide (www.eatwellguide.org) It's a huge online directory of local food listings across the country - all you have to do is enter in your zip code and it spits out stores and restaurants that provide food grown locally, as well as farms, farmers markets, and CSAs in your area. Why buy produce from Australia or California when the same produce is being grown in your neighborhood? The best way to reduce the carbon footprint of your food is to eat locally. If you want to start eating foods grown in your area, a great place to start is the Eat Well Guide (www.eatwellguide.org) It’s a huge online directory of local food listings across the country – all you have to do is enter in your zip code and it spits out stores and restaurants that provide food grown locally, as well as farms, farmers markets, and CSAs in your area. Why buy produce from Australia or California when the same produce is being grown in your neighborhood?

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