Towards a Greenhouse Gas Labeling Regime for Food

By Travis Annatoyn

This paper proposes that the federal government implement greenhouse gas labeling standards for food and food products sold within the United States. A labeling regime of this sort would shift consumer purchasing from “high emission” to “low emission” foods and encourage consumer awareness that food, like any other commodity, has a GHG “price.”

Read the report Towards a Greenhouse Gas Labeling Regime for Food in Columbia Law School's Scholarship Archive.