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To: cosmicforce who wrote (14564)12/9/2004 7:24:20 PM
From: Raymond Duray  Read Replies (1) of 20773
 
Re: How many miles does the average chicken travel, I wonder?

I don't have that specific answer, but some statisticians did figure out recently that the average distance traveled by any morsel of food on the American plate is 1,200 miles*. That's a lot of diesel.

To me, that is a stunning statistic. If we were to think strategically, this is a vastly greater threat to national security than are a handful of incensed Arabs in Fallujah.

[* I first read this statistic in Grist Magazine's online version. I'm not able today to find the exact citation... grist.org ]
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