Climate Friendly Food Standards
Do you think there is a need for a carbon standard for food?
| 84% (89) | Yes | |
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| 3% (4) | No | |
| 11% (12) | Don't know |
105 voters have answered this question.
Do you think consumers would be able to indentify with farms that are? PLATINUM - carbon sequestering (i.e. the carbon sinks are bigger than the carbon emissions); GOLD - carbon balance (also known as carbon-neutral); SILVER - low carbon; BRONZE - farms that have been audited and are making steps to improve.
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96 voters have answered this question.
Farmers & growers only - what would motivate you to sign up for a carbon standard (you can tick more than one)?
| 52% (36) | Low cost | |
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| 71% (49) | Concern about unstoppable climate change | |
| 71% (49) | True mark of sustainability | |
| 60% (42) | Consumer confidence in my produce | |
| 18% (13) | Pre-empting legislative change | |
| 73% (51) | Wanting to improve carbon practices | |
| 2% (2) | Other |
69 voters have answered this question.
Farmers & growers only - to keep the cost of the standards to about ã100 - would you be prepared to (you can tick more than one)
| 70% (46) | Input all the data based on the last tax year (calculations of carbon will be worked out for you) | |
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| 61% (40) | Submit your paperwork to a spot check | |
| 63% (41) | Submit your farm or holding to a satellite photo spot check | |
| 83% (54) | Welcome visitors to your farm or holding so they can see your practices | |
| 81% (53) | Share best-practice with groups operating in your area |
65 voters have answered this question.
We are concerned that carbon labels for food are being done without community consultation. Carbon labels have up to now meant a professional making value judgments (should we omit methane, should we omit packaging etc). Do you agree that farmers & growers should be making those value judgement about what to measure?
| 45% (46) | I agree | |
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| 30% (31) | I disagree | |
| 24% (25) | I don't know |
102 voters have answered this question.
Would you like to be involved in more detailed questions: e.g. should we measure carbon emissions past the farm gate; how should we measure nitrous oxide; what are the best carbon sequestering practices we can adopt, how do we measure carbon sequestered in the soil?
| 17% (18) | Yes, so much so that I would like to be involved in the steering group | |
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| 46% (49) | Yes | |
| 20% (22) | No | |
| 15% (16) | Don't know |
105 voters have answered this question.
The information from this survey will be used to support a funding application to Unltd. Thank you for your time. Would you like to add anymore information?
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39 voters have answered this question.
This poll was created on 2008-08-13 15:20:41
by Climate Friendly Food
