Foods travel more than the people who eat them. Grocery stores and supermarkets are loaded with preserved and processed foods. This, however, often leads to environmental threats, such as pollution generated by long distance food transportation and wastage of food during processing and transportation, destruction of rain forests, reduced nutritional content, increased demand for preservation and packaging. Food insecurity also increases as the product comes from regions that are not feeding their own population properly.

With reference to the above passage, which of the following statements is/are true ?
1. Consuming regionally grown food and not depending on long travelled food is a part of eco-friendly behaviour.
2. Food processing industry puts a burden on our natural resources.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:

The correct answer is Both 1 and 2.

Let us analyze the correctness of each statement based on the provided passage:

Analysis of Statement 1:
The passage states that foods traveling long distances for transportation lead to environmental threats, such as pollution and food wastage. Therefore, consuming regionally grown food (which minimizes transportation distance) and reducing dependency on long-travelled food directly counters these threats. This behavior aligns with reducing environmental degradation, making it a key component of eco-friendly behavior. Thus, Statement 1 is true.

Analysis of Statement 2:
The passage mentions that processed and preserved foods lead to environmental threats such as the "destruction of rain forests," "wastage of food during processing," and an "increased demand for preservation and packaging." Since processing and packaging require raw materials, energy, and land (leading to deforestation/destruction of rain forests), the food processing industry directly puts a burden on our natural resources. Thus, Statement 2 is true.

Since both statements 1 and 2 are true with reference to the passage, the correct option is "Both 1 and 2".