Duration: 2009 – 2010
Project Partners: Consumer advice centres in Hessen, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saarland and Schleswig-Holstein
Funding: Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
Principle Investigator: Dr. Markus Keller
Study design
Transport by plane has a major impact on the CO2 balance and is therefore highly damaging to the climate. The aim of the study was to investigate for which foods and at which seasons of the year on the German market it’s likely that they have been delivered by airplane. Therefore, the existing literature was reviewed, an expert survey was conducted and relevant data sources were inspected and evaluated.
Publication
Verbraucherzentralen (Hrsg.) (2010): Flugimporte von Lebensmitteln und Blumen nach Deutschland. Frankfurt am Main