Contrasted greenhouse gas emissions from local versus long-range tomato production

Michaela C. Theurl1, Helmut Haberl2, Karl‐Heinz Erb2, Thomas Lindenthal1
1Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Austria, Seidengasse 33-35/13, 1070, Vienna, Austria
2Institute of Social Ecology Vienna (SEC), Alpen-Adria Universitaet Klagenfurt, Graz, Wien, Schottenfeldgasse 29, 1070, Vienna, Austria

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