Processing and transportation


“Undercover Investigation at Manitoba Pork Factory Farm” by Mercy For Animals Canada is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Animal agriculture is one of the world’s largest industries, and burns fossil fuels throughout the production cycle:

  • Machinery, equipment and vehicles when clearing land
  • Planting, harvesting and transporting feed crops
  • Manufacturing and applying fertilisers and pesticides
  • Heating and cooling buildings
  • Processing and refrigerating animal products
  • Transporting animal products to the consumer

These activities account for 20% of the total 7.1 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent emitted by the livestock industry per year.​1​

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REFERENCES
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    The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Major cuts of greenhouse gas emissions from livestock within reach. Tackling climate change through livestock. Published 2013. Accessed 2021. http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/197623/icode/