Food
- Less transport uses less energy for fuel, roads, vehicles, and vehicle maintenance, not just fuel
- Less packaging uses less energy and produces less waste
- Organic where possible helps preserve soil and wildlife
- "Most studies suggest organic uses significantly less energy than conventional" -Washington Post
- Only about 35% goes to farming, though. Transportation, cooking and waste disposal is the rest -WP
- 12.5% of the entire thing is synthetic fertilizer -WP
- Over half world supply wasted; 1300 million tons
