Reducing

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by Bayu Amus/Epicurina

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Carbon Footprint & Local Food

The Carbon FoodprintCarbon Footprint & Local Food

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The environmental impact

or footprint of food, including

the amount of carbon

dioxide produced, if the food

is organic, and if it is local.

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Eat Less Meat

Tackle food waste

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Reducing

foodprint:

Find out where your food is coming from!

Opt for local produce instead of imported ones

Opt for what’s in season food instead of what isn’t

Substitute foreign ingredients with local

alternatives

Eat Local FoodReducing Carbon Foodprint

How does local food could

reduces foodprint?

It usually travel much shorter distances to

reach your plate than its imported

alternatives (lower direct carbon emission)

It usually does not require complex

processing process (less energy used)

It usually does not require elaborate

farming, planting, or processing facility than

its industrial alternatives (lower indirect

carbon emission)

Reasons to love

local food

It help supports the local economic sustainability

It helps sustain the local tradition

It’s uniquely represents a region

It’s delicious!

Sate Lilit Ayam

Batter fried eel

Pepes Ayam

Sambal matah

Fried shallotsChicken blood

Telur balado

Assorted Urab

White rice

Lawar Ayam

Nasi Ayam Bali

Made Weti

Ayam Taliwang

from Lombok

Ayam Taliwang

Sambal manis

Sambal pedas

Beberuk Terong

Sate Ati Ampela

NASI GUDEGLocation: Java

Cost: IDR 15K – 25K

A form of mixed rice, with Gudeg as the main ingredient: sweet slow cooked young jackfruit.

Best eaten with opor ayam, liver, pindangegg, and kerecek.

Assorted snacks

Telur pindang

Opor Ayam

Jengkol

Gudeg

Opor Hati Ayam

Krecek

Delicious local food!

NASI GORENG ACEHLocation: Aceh

Cost: IDR 15K – 25K

A curry tasting fried rice, with assorted fried meats and refreshing pickles.

pickles

omelet

curry fried rice deep fried stuffs

Delicious local food!

LAKSA MEDANLocation: North Sumatera

Cost: IDR 17K – 25K

Thick rice noodle with fresh mint leaves, pickled shallots, mixed with thin fish curry.

Anchovies curry

pickles

Thick noodle

Fresh mint

Delicious local food!

ANGEUN TUTUTLocation: Jawa Barat

Cost: IDR 5K – 10K

Tutut (fresh water snails) boiled in its shells, with

savory light curry soup.

Originally a farmer’s meal during watering stage of their

rice fields, now it’s a rare delicacy sold only in few

traditional markets.

Best eaten in its own, on family gathering moments.

Both the taste and the look might look intimidating for

tutut-virgins.

Water snails

Delicious local food!

ROASTED SKIPJACKLocation: Serangan Island, Bali

Cost: IDR 20K – 30K

A whole ikan tongkol (Skipjack Tuna) on a stick, slowly

roasted over charcoal fire, to produce the firm textured

meat with smoky aroma.

Best eaten with sambal matah Bali and warm pile of

rice. Well paired with kerupuk klejat (sea snails) and

jukut bulung (seaweed salad).

Roasted Skipjack

Sambal matah

Delicious local food!

GRILLED SEAFOODLocation: Bali

Cost: Raw ingredients + IDR 20K-30K/Kg Cooking cost + rice + sambal matah

Go to Kedonganan fish market and order the fish, clams, lobsters, squids, even octopus there, then have it cooked at the stall outside.

Grilled crab

Sambal matah

Lobster

Mussels

Delicious local food!

SATE LANGUANLocation: Bali

Cost: IDR 1K – 3K/piece

A minced fish with Balinese seasoning, wrapped around coconut tree/sugar cane/lemongrass stalk then roasted over coconut husk charcoal.

Best eaten with: Sambal terasi, sambal matah.

Delicious local food!

Locavore movementEat Local Food

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A locavore is a person

interested in eating food that

is locally produced, not moved

long distances* to market.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locavore

*One common - but not universal - definition

of "local" food is food grown within 100 miles

of its point of purchase or consumption.

Locavore might

include:

Local produce (herbs,

fruits, vegetables)

Local (traditional) dishes

Local meats

Foreign produce that

planted locally

Locavore might include:

Foreign dishes recreated using local produce

Slow Food movementEat Local Food

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Slow Food is an international movement

founded by Carlo Petrini in 1986. Promoted

as an alternative to fast food, it strives to

preserve traditional and regional cuisine and

encourages farming of plants, seeds and

livestock characteristic of the

local ecosystem.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_Food

Watch out for

Hidden Foodprint!

Reducing Carbon Foodprint

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Offsetting can be done by supporting a responsible carbon project,

or by buying carbon offsets or carbon credits.

“First reduce what you can, then offset the remainder”

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