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Definition food mile in American English

food mile noun

[countable] noun
1

a measure of the distance traveled by foods between the place where they are produced and the place where they are eaten. Long distances are considered bad because the quality of the food is worse and energy is wasted in transporting it.

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Definition food mile in American English