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Ireland's White Gold Boom
Green Bites
English - July 30, 2020 22:49 - 37 minutes - 53.2 MBFood Arts Science Nature cooking ecology farming food sustainability culinary environment growing irish soil Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Ireland produces somewhere in the region of 13% of the world's infant formula. Research has revealed that for every kilo of formula produced, the true carbon cost is anywhere between four and 11 kilos of greenhouses gases. Alongside Australian expert in the economics of infant feeding Dr Julie Smith, Green Bites takes a deep dive into the environmental and ethical impacts of Ireland's €1.3 billion White Gold Boom.