Consumption and Carbon dioxide Emissions of Certain Foods

In my attempt to learn R, this is one of the visualizations that I tried to create from the data set that comes from Tidy Tuesday and already been visualized by Jake Kaupp. Thanks to him for his submission and explanations.

The data highlights type of food that is consumed and CO2 (emitted while its production) in certain countries. Food, for this data set is synonymous to, pork, poultry, beef, lamb & goat, fish, egg, milk (and cheese), wheat (and its products), rice and soybean.

The data consists of 130 countries showing the consumption of a few food categories. The first instinct would be to show the amount of CO2 emission that happens by each country. But people change with time and so does their eating habits. So, I choose to show the difference the consumption and emissions in these food products and highlight the ones that produce a higher level of CO2. So I summarized the consumption and emissions levels and plotted them.

Foods with high emissions relative to their consumption are beef, lamb, goat, pork. Food with low emission relative to their consumption are grains, nuts, egg, fish, poultry and soybeans.

Time to ponder about the food on our plates.