Watch the Documentary ‘Feasting on Fuel’

Mar 08, 2016

</p> <p><strong>UPDATED DECEMBER 7, 2016</strong></p> <p>How much energy did it take to make your dinner? From growing lettuce to grilling your steak, it takes a lot of fossil fuels to get food from the farm to our tables.</p> <p>Inside Energy and <a href="http://harvestpublicmedia.org/">Harvest Public Media</a> investigated <a href="http://insideenergy.org/series/feasting-on-fuel/">where all that energy goes</a>, and how farmers, food processors and grocers are trying to cut down on their fossil fuel use.</p> </div></span></div><style data-emotion-css="1mvsfya">.css-1mvsfya.builder-block{height:0;width:0;display:inline-block;opacity:0;overflow:hidden;pointer-events:none;}</style><img src="https://cdn.builder.io/api/v1/pixel?apiKey=cc0dc7f878294229b6e5d2dece1e16de" aria-hidden="true" alt="" role="presentation" width="0" height="0" class="builder-block builder-pixel-gity3c6few6 css-1mvsfya" builder-id="builder-pixel-gity3c6few6"/></div></div></div></div><aside class="single-news_authors__2Y9ti"><div class="author_authorContainer__0au8i single-news_legacyAuthor__PYGJD"><div class="author_heading__1CPuX">Author</div><div class="author_author__FByhm"><div class="author_name__UgQb7">rebecca jacobson</div></div><div class="author_authorData__GfNNG"></div></div></aside></div></article><aside><section data-full-width="false" style="--padding:64px 90px 64px 90px;--padding-mobile:32px 16px 32px 16px;--background-color:#FFFFFF" class="section_section__7_4XK"><div class="section_content__O4O8m"><h2 class="posts-grid_title__b5oex">Related stories</h2><div class="posts-grid_postsGrid__i5_WC"><a aria-label="Link to Transportation and housing shortfalls complicate access to help for domestic violence survivors" class="card-post_postLink__PkhS8" href="colorado-rural-domestic-violence"><article class="card-post_card__Mz48n" data-theme="light"><figure class="card-post_imageContainer__lS4HG"><img alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="card-post_image__vKR6m" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes="100vw" srcSet="https://cdn.builder.io/api/v1/image/assets%2Fcc0dc7f878294229b6e5d2dece1e16de%2F447fc880791142edab91ba4f33363cdb?w=640&q=75 640w, https://cdn.builder.io/api/v1/image/assets%2Fcc0dc7f878294229b6e5d2dece1e16de%2F447fc880791142edab91ba4f33363cdb?w=750&q=75 750w, https://cdn.builder.io/api/v1/image/assets%2Fcc0dc7f878294229b6e5d2dece1e16de%2F447fc880791142edab91ba4f33363cdb?w=828&q=75 828w, https://cdn.builder.io/api/v1/image/assets%2Fcc0dc7f878294229b6e5d2dece1e16de%2F447fc880791142edab91ba4f33363cdb?w=1080&q=75 1080w, https://cdn.builder.io/api/v1/image/assets%2Fcc0dc7f878294229b6e5d2dece1e16de%2F447fc880791142edab91ba4f33363cdb?w=1200&q=75 1200w, https://cdn.builder.io/api/v1/image/assets%2Fcc0dc7f878294229b6e5d2dece1e16de%2F447fc880791142edab91ba4f33363cdb?w=1920&q=75 1920w, https://cdn.builder.io/api/v1/image/assets%2Fcc0dc7f878294229b6e5d2dece1e16de%2F447fc880791142edab91ba4f33363cdb?w=2048&q=75 2048w, https://cdn.builder.io/api/v1/image/assets%2Fcc0dc7f878294229b6e5d2dece1e16de%2F447fc880791142edab91ba4f33363cdb?w=3840&q=75 3840w" src="https://cdn.builder.io/api/v1/image/assets%2Fcc0dc7f878294229b6e5d2dece1e16de%2F447fc880791142edab91ba4f33363cdb?w=3840&q=75"/></figure><div class="card-post_textContent__yvuOi"><div class="card-post_category__3lQGT">News</div><div class="card-post_title__H2rvn">Transportation and housing shortfalls complicate access to help for domestic violence survivors</div><div class="card-post_description__HkjQX">Transportation and shelter are critical but costly services provided by rural domestic violence agencies. 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