- 95% of our fruit comes from abroad.
- Half of our vegetables are imported.
- 30% of all goods transported by lorry around the UK are foodstuffs.
- Food imports increased from 13.5m tonnes in 1992 to just over 16m tonnes by 2002.
- Whilst only 1% of food is transported by air, it accounts for 11% of carbon emissions.
- Rainforest the size of ten football pitches is felled every second, some of which to make room for exported food crops.
- Since 1992, the amount of food flown by ‘plane has risen by 140%.