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Some but not all U.S. metro areas could grow all needed food locally, estimates study – Mirage News

Researchers estimate potential for locally sourced food based on land needs for different diets A new modeling study finds that urban centers in green…

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BOSTON (Sept. 14. 2020, 9:00 a.m. EDT)-Some but not all U.S. metro areas could grow all the food they need locally, according to a new study estimating the degree to which the American food supply could be localized based on population, geography, and diet.
The modeling study, led by Christian Peters at the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, is published today in Environmental Science & Technology.
The model estimates whether 378 m…

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