Buying one year's worth of local beef meat

Sector
Food
Category
Animal product

The average Swiss citizen eats 13.6 kg of beef per year. The meat production is local and includes breeding grass-fed cattle in pasture, slaughtering, packaging, and transportation. The average transport distance is 100 km in refrigerated truck (from the farm to the slaughterhouse to the store).

Carbon footprint breakdown

● Farming cattle 43.52%
● Cattle food 40.44%
● Slaughtering cattle 14.03%
● Packaging with polypropylene 1.89%
● Transportation in refrigerated truck 0.13%

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