This statistic shows how the term 'food miles' is understand by adults in Great Britain, according to a survey conducted in 2017 for Bord Bia Irish Food Board. The majority of respondents, 86 percent, believed food miles to mean the distance that food has to travel from producer to shop.
Understanding of the term 'food miles' among adults in Great Britain 2017
What do you understand the term “Food Miles” to mean?
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Bord Bia. (July 28, 2017). What do you understand the term “Food Miles” to mean? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 06, 2019, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/303972/understanding-of-the-term-food-miles-in-great-britain-uk/
Bord Bia. "What do you understand the term “Food Miles” to mean?." Chart. July 28, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 06, 2019. https://www.statista.com/statistics/303972/understanding-of-the-term-food-miles-in-great-britain-uk/
Bord Bia. (2017). What do you understand the term “Food Miles” to mean?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 06, 2019. https://www.statista.com/statistics/303972/understanding-of-the-term-food-miles-in-great-britain-uk/
Bord Bia. "What Do You Understand The Term “food Miles” to Mean?." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Jul 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/303972/understanding-of-the-term-food-miles-in-great-britain-uk/
Bord Bia, What do you understand the term “Food Miles” to mean? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/303972/understanding-of-the-term-food-miles-in-great-britain-uk/ (last visited December 06, 2019)