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food miles

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-002604

Food miles are the distance food travels from where it is grown to where it is ultimately purchased or consumed by the end user.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-002604
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectEconomics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry
Synonymsfood mile
ReferencesJob Corps Sustainable Living Curriculum and Activity Guide - Module 2. USDA Forest Service; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsofood transport; supply chain; farm to fork; carbon footprint; local food systems; energy use and consumption; regional economics; food marketing
TranslationsSpanish: recorrido de los alimentos
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-002604",
  "term": "food miles",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Food miles are the distance food travels from where it is grown to where it is ultimately purchased or consumed by the end user.",
  "synonyms": [
    "food mile"
  ],
  "subject": "Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry",
  "see_also": [
    "food transport",
    "supply chain",
    "farm to fork",
    "carbon footprint",
    "local food systems",
    "energy use and consumption",
    "regional economics",
    "food marketing"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Job Corps Sustainable Living Curriculum and Activity Guide - Module 2. USDA Forest Service",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "recorrido de los alimentos"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/food-miles/"
}

Record 2,604 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.