Biography

Tara Garnett initiated, and runs the Food Climate Research Network www.fcrn.org.uk at the University of Surrey.  Her work focuses on the contribution that the food system makes to greenhouse gas emissions and the scope for emissions reduction, looking at the technological options, at what could be achieved by changes in behaviour and how policies could help promote both these approaches.  In particular, she is interested in the relationship between emissions reduction objectives and other social and ethical concerns, particularly human health and animal welfare.  Tara writes and presents extensively on food and climate change.

The Food Climate Research Network brings together around a growing number of individuals (around 1800) from across the food industry, NGO, Government and academic sectors and from a broad variety of disciplines to share information on issues relating to food systems and climate change. The FCRN also runs seminars on diverse food related topics and its website www.fcrn.org.uk is a comprehensive information resource on all things food and climate related.  The Network is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.  

Research Interests

Food Climate Research Network Project http://www.fcrn.org.uk/

Publications

Garnett T (2011). Where are the best opportunities for reducing greenhouse gas emissions
in the food system (including the food chain)? Food Policy 36 S23–S32

Millward D and Garnett T (2010). Food and the planet: nutritional dilemmas of greenhouse gas emission reductions through reduced intakes of meat and dairy foods, Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 69, 103–118
Garnett T Livestock and Climate Change  in The Meat Crisis: Developing More Sustainable Production and Consumption” Edited By Joyce D'Silva and John Webster (2010, Earthscan, London)
Garnett T The Food Miles Debate: Is shorter better? in McKinnon, A.C., Cullinane, S.L., Browne, M. and Whiteing, A. (2010) ‘Green Logistics: Improving the Environmental Sustainability of Logistics, Kogan Page, London.  372pp.

Garnett T. (2009). Livestock-related greenhouse gas emissions: impacts and options for policy makers Environmental Science & Policy, Volume 12, Issue 4, Pages 491-503
Friel S, Dangour A, Garnett T, Lock K, Butler A, Butler CD, Chalabi Z, Roberts I, Waage J, McMichael A J, Haines A. (2009), Public health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions: food and agriculture The Lancet, 374: 2016–25,

Cooking up a storm: Food, greenhouse gas emissions and our changing climate,  Synthesis report for the Food Climate Research Network, University of Surrey (156 pages).  Summary version (28 pages).

Garnett T. (2007) Meat and dairy production & consumption: Exploring the livestock sector’s contribution to the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions and assessing what a less GHG intensive system of production and consumption might look like, Working paper produced as part of the work of the Food Climate Research Network, University of Surrey (169 pages)

Garnett T. (2007) Food refrigeration: what is the contribution to greenhouse gas emissions and how might emissions be reduced? A working paper produced as part of the Food Climate Research Network, University of Surrey. (88 pages)

Garnett T and Jackson T. (2007). Frost Bitten: an exploration of refrigeration dependence in the UK food chain and its implications for climate policy. Paper Presented to the 11th European Round Table on Sustainable Consumption and Production, Basel, Switzerland, June 2007 (17 pages)

Garnett T. (2007). Animal feed, livestock and greenhouse gas emissions: What are the issues? Paper presented to the Society of Animal Feed Technologists, Coventry, (13 pages)

Garnett T. (2006) Fruit, vegetables and UK greenhouse gas emissions: exploring the relationship: A working paper produced as part of the work of the Food Climate Research Network, Centre for Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey (134 pages)

Garnett T. (2006) The alcohol we drink and its contribution to the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions: a discussion paper. Working paper produced as part of the work of the Food Climate Research Network, Centre for Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey (101 pages)