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Please list any data <br />sources used and <br />show the steps of <br />your calculations. <br />Feel free to submit in <br />a separate document <br />if clearly labeled. <br />(500 word limit) <br />The average pound of tomatoes sold in the U.S. supermarket travels 1,569 <br />food miles and emits .21 kg CO2, according to farmanddairy.com - and <br />multiple other online sources estimated similar numbers as well. <br />Food coming from South America (bananas, avocados, and tropical fruit) <br />would be even farther, such as 2,900 miles from Guatemala to California <br />and then 2,600 additional miles from California to North Carolina. <br />Food at Twin Creeks would only be traveling 5 miles by car. <br />The average semi-truck gets 6-8 miles per gallon, for these purposes we <br />will average it at 7 miles per gallon https://haletrailer.com/blog/semi-truck- <br />fuel-efficiency/. The average plane gets .2 miles per gallon <br />https://www.halibrite.com/aviation-insights-trends/amazing-airplane-facts/. <br />For car, we will estimate 22 miles per gallon based on some of the <br />estimates here https://cars.usnews.com/cars-trucks/advice/most-fuel- <br />efficient-3-row-suvs. <br />Gas emissions are based on Orange County’s document here <br />https://www.orangecountync.gov/DocumentCenter/View/32058/Emissions- <br />Reduction-Calculations. <br />Let’s just say that once per week, 50 weeks per year, TABLE replaces 2 of <br />our wholesale menu items with 2 locally grown, seasonally varied <br />vegetables at Twin Creeks. (Currently, about 4+ of our 12 fresh food items <br />every week are locally sourced - with fewer in the winter and closer to 7 in <br />the summer.) <br />Item 1: grown & shipped the “average” distance as described above. By <br />switching to locally grown, that’s 1,569 miles saved per trip at 50 weeks <br />per year = 78,450 miles per year, or 11,207 gallons using the semi-truck <br />MPG rate. 99 Metric tons CO2e. <br />Item 2: grown & shipped from South America to California by plane, driven <br />from California to North Carolina by semi-truck. By switching to locally <br />grown, that’s 2,900x50=145,000 miles saved by plane per year & <br />2,600x50=130,000 miles saved by truck per year = 725,000 gallons by <br />plane & 18,571 gallons by truck = 743,571 gallons total. 6,610 Metric tons <br />CO2e. <br />If these two items per week are driven in a car for 5 miles from Twin <br />Creeks to TABLE, 50 weeks per year = 250 miles by car per year = 11 <br />gallons of gas. .09 Metric tons CO2e usage. <br />Combined with items 1 and 2, that’s 6,708 Metric tons CO2e saved in 1 <br />year of growing at Twin Creeks. <br />OR, if we were to swap out 2 items that both come from the average <br />distance of 1,569 miles away, that’s still about 98 Metric tons CO2e saved <br />per year. For the purpose of the table I am filling in, I will use this <br />calculation only. 11,207 gallons (semi-truck) minus 11 gallons (car - Twin <br />Creeks) = 11,196 gallons saved. <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 607995AB-FD72-4B81-91C2-2C0A73A91963