Here's something to consider the next time you pour milk on your cereal: The carbon footprint of a gallon of milk is roughly the same as a trip between Bloomington and Maple Grove in a 2015 Ford F-150.
Researchers at the University of Minnesota's West Central Research and Outreach Center are looking for ways to make producing milk less energy intensive, and they've been surprised to see how much energy and water it takes to run their dairy in Morris, Minn.
"I think it would be very eye-opening to consumers to know how much it takes to get food from a cow to the table," said researcher Brad Heins.
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