Most of your like soil or avocados are nearly always coming by ship and shipping actually has a very, very small carbon footprint. You're going to miss 10 to 20 times less CO2 than trucks per kilometer and 50 times less than flying. The domestic costs of the of that food item to get to your door or to the grocery nearby are quite a bit under often underestimated.
Having completed several degrees in environmental science, Hannah Ritchie nearly left the field out of helplessness and frustration, worried she would never make a real difference. Today, she's a passionate advocate for changing climate messaging, replacing what she believes are paralyzing--and often false--claims with empowering arguments that people can embrace. Listen as the head of research at Our World in Data talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about food emissions, low-carbon technologies, and what the data shows about what matters (and what matters much less) when it comes to climate change.