date:May 14, 2013
Food miles (or food kilometers) is a term used to describe the distance that food is transported as it travels from its producer to its consumer. The concept is used to highlight how far a food is transported through global trade, and also the cost of doing so in economic, environmental, and social terms.
It is important to pay attention to food miles because when a food is transported a long distance, it loses a great deal of its original taste and nutritional value. Longer transport times als