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Eco-friendly diets should also factor foods' impact on water resources


A new study by researchers from Tulane and the University of Michigan calculates the water scarcity footprint of diets by examining the irrigation water required to produce foods and the relative scarcity of water where the irrigation occurs. Photo by iStock.
 
If you’re celebrating Earth Day by adopting a more sustainable diet, researchers at Tulane and the University of Michigan have a new aspect to consider when evaluating whether certain foods are good for the planet your diet’s “water scarcity footprint.”
The metric looks at how much water it takes to produce certain foods, especially if freshwater is scarce. The researchers examined the water-use impacts of individual diets in the United States, while taking into account regional variations in water scarcity, for a new study in  ....

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Water scarcity footprint reveals impacts of individual dietary choices in US


University of Michigan
In the journal Nature Food, researchers from the University of Michigan and Tulane University present a “water scarcity footprint” that measures the water-use impacts of U.S. diets, taking into account regional variations in water scarcity. Image credit: Dave Brenner, U-M School for Environment and Sustainability
A lot of attention has been paid in recent years to the carbon footprint of the foods we eat, with much of the focus on the outsize contribution of meat production and especially beef.
But much less is known about the implications of individual U.S. dietary choices on other environmental concerns, such as water scarcity. ....

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