Vary the grains in a familiar recipe
Why this can help
Methane from flooded rice cultivation contributes to its climate footprint. Life-cycle research supports exploring suitable grains from lower-impact supply chains for some meals.
One possible next step
Try a grain that already belongs to your food traditions in one recipe where it works well.
What changes the outcome
Rice production systems vary, and rice is culturally and nutritionally important. Compare actual portions, origins and cooking needs rather than treating all rice or all alternatives as identical.
The action
One possibility
Using rice from a higher-impact supply chain
Another possibility
Trying another grain suited to the recipe
Methane from flooded rice cultivation contributes to its climate footprint. Life-cycle research supports exploring suitable grains from lower-impact supply chains for some meals.
Try a grain that already belongs to your food traditions in one recipe where it works well.
Sources and calculation references
- Poore & Nemecek, Science (2018), con erratum 2019Joseph Poore and Thomas Nemecek · 2018
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