# s-ecol-food: lettuce three times worse ?

<< Contrary to recent headlines (..) eating a vegetarian diet could contribute to climate change >>

<< Eating lettuce is over three times worse in greenhouse gas emissions than eating bacon >>

http://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2015/december/diet-and-environment.html

<< This article measures the changes in energy use, blue water footprint, and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with shifting from current US food consumption patterns to three dietary scenarios >>

Michelle S. Tom, Paul S. Fischbeck, Chris T. Hendrickson. Energy use, blue water footprint, and greenhouse gas emissions for current food consumption patterns and dietary recommendations in the US. Environment Systems and Decisions, 2015; DOI: 10.1007/s10669-015-9577-y

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10669-015-9577-y