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Wal-Mart publicized a press releasing that stated food travelled {{convert|1,500|miles|km}} before it reaches customers. The statistics aroused public concern about food miles. According to Jane Black, a food writer who covers food politics, the number was derived from a small database. The 22 terminal markets from which the data was collected handled 30% of the United States produce.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Black |first1=Jane |title=How the press got the idea that food travels 1500 miles from farm to plate. |url=https://slate.com/human-interest/2008/09/how-the-press-got-the-idea-that-food-travels-1500-miles-from-farm-to-plate.html |website=Slate Magazine |access-date=October 26, 2021 |date=September 17, 2008}}</ref>
Some iOS and Android apps allow consumers to get information about food products, including nutritional information, product origin, and the distance the product travelled from its production location to the consumer. Such apps include OpenLabel, Glow, and [[Open Food Facts]].<ref>
==Criticism==
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Farm animals account for between 20% and 30% of global [[greenhouse gas emissions|greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions]].<ref>To see details of the United Nations research into meat and the environment, visit: http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2006/1000448/index.html. See also Steinfeld, H et al. (2006) Livestock’s long shadow: Environmental issues and options. [[Food and Agriculture Organization]], Rome. {{cite web |url=http://www.virtualcentre.org/en/library/key_pub/longshad/A0701E00.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-10-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140806144540/http://www.virtualcentre.org/en/library/key_pub/longshad/A0701E00.htm |archive-date=2014-08-06 }}</ref><ref>Garnett, T (2007) Meat and dairy production and consumption. Exploring the livestock sector’s contribution to the [[Greenhouse gas emissions by the United Kingdom|UK’s greenhouse gas emissions]] and assessing what less greenhouse gas intensive systems of production
and consumption might look like Working paper produced a part of the work of the Food Climate Research Network, Centre for Environmental Strategy, [[University of Surrey]] https://www.fcrn.org.uk/sites/default/files/TGlivestock_env_sci_pol_paper.pdf</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://
Meanwhile, it is increasingly recognised that [[meat]] and [[Dairy product|dairy]] are the largest sources of food-related emissions. The UK's consumption of meat and dairy products (including imports) accounts for about 8% of national greenhouse gas emissions related to consumption.<ref name="ChiMacGregorKing"/>
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