Food miles and food choices: the case of an upscale urban hotel in Hong Kong

Pratt, Stephen; Mackenzie, Murray; Sutton, Jonathon Lockwood

doi:10.1080/09669582.2016.1247848

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“…Local chefs though may have some concerns with the hygiene and sanitation of goods from local producers (Bélisle, ). Expatriate chefs tend to also demand more imported foods and are less inclined to use locally produced goods (Pratt, Mackenzie, & Lockwood Sutton, ).…”

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Economic sustainability? Examining the linkages and leakages between agriculture and hotels in Bhutan

Pratt

Suntikul

Dorji

2018

Journal of Tourism Research

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Bhutan is known for its approach to high-value, low-volume tourism development.Bhutan has been cited as an example of a best case approach to sustainable tourism.However, like other landlocked countries, Bhutan relies heavily on imported goods from neighbouring countries such as India and Thailand, leading to significant economic leakages. This raises the question of how economically sustainable Bhutan's tourism is. This research employs a mixed microeconomic and macroeconomic analysis of linkages and leakages between different sectors in the Bhutanese tourism industry, in particular hotels and agriculture to ascertain the volume and value of these leakages.

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Economic sustainability? Examining the linkages and leakages between agriculture and hotels in Bhutan

Pratt

Suntikul

Dorji

2018

Journal of Tourism Research

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“…In fact, the food emissions derived from their transportation on average represents a relatively small proportion (11%) of total emissions from production to post-consumer waste disposal (Weber & Matthews, 2008). The fact that a food had been produced near the destination does not necessarily imply that is more sustainable (Pratt et al, 2017). For example, tomatoes grown in Sweden to be consumed in Sweden resulted in higher CO 2 emissions compared to tomatoes imported from the Netherlands and Spain, which had the lowest associated CO 2 emissions (Carlsson-Kanyama, 1997).…”

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Developing a Methodology for Estimating Transport-Related CO2 Emissions for Food Commodities

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Harwatt²,

Sabaté³

2018

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There is a significant and growing interaction between the transport sector and the food sector as globalized markets continue to increase the demand for 'food miles' i.e. the number of miles a food item travels throughout its life cycle. The concept of 'food miles' has become interesting to the public and policy makers as a way to assess the relative carbon footprint of food choices. However, there is currently a lack of information available about the transport-related greenhouse gas emissions that would allow to accurately differentiate between food items. To help address these current knowledge gaps, this paper presents a transferable methodological approach to estimating the transport related CO 2 emissions of 10 popular food commodities transported from the farm gate to the retailer. The methodology combines GIS, data from the scientific literature and detailed commodity specific data from personal communication with one of the largest food retailers in California. To travel from the farm gate to the retailer, the amounts of CO 2 emissions varied amongst the 10 foods, ranging from 47 g CO 2 /kg oranges, to 78 g CO 2 /kg almonds. While California was used as a case study, this method would be replicable across other locations and food life cycle assessments.

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“…The pandemic may also spark procurement of local and seasonal foodstuffs, thus leading to the reduction of food miles with the related carbon benefits (Pratt et al 2017).…”

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The prospects of waste management in the hospitality sector post COVID-19

Filimonau

2021

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

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Food miles and food choices: the case of an upscale urban hotel in Hong Kong

Cited by 17 publications

References 34 publications

Economic sustainability? Examining the linkages and leakages between agriculture and hotels in Bhutan

Economic sustainability? Examining the linkages and leakages between agriculture and hotels in Bhutan

Developing a Methodology for Estimating Transport-Related CO2 Emissions for Food Commodities

The prospects of waste management in the hospitality sector post COVID-19

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