Environmental impacts of organic and conventional agricultural products–Are the differences captured by life cycle assessment?

MS Meier, F Stoessel, N Jungbluth, R Juraske… - Journal of environmental …, 2015 - Elsevier
Comprehensive assessment tools are needed that reliably describe environmental impacts
of different agricultural systems in order to develop sustainable high yielding agricultural …

The price of protein: Review of land use and carbon footprints from life cycle assessments of animal food products and their substitutes

D Nijdam, T Rood, H Westhoek - Food policy, 2012 - Elsevier
Animal husbandry, aquaculture and fishery have major impacts on the environment. In order
to identify the range of impacts and the most important factors thereof, as well as to identify …

Comparing environmental impacts for livestock products: A review of life cycle assessments

M De Vries, IJM de Boer - Livestock science, 2010 - Elsevier
Livestock production has a major impact on the environment. Choosing a more
environmentally-friendly livestock product in a diet can mitigate environmental impact. The …

Methane mitigation in ruminants: from microbe to the farm scale

C Martin, DP Morgavi, M Doreau - Animal, 2010 - cambridge.org
Decreasing enteric methane (CH4) emissions from ruminants without altering animal
production is desirable both as a strategy to reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) …

Life cycle assessment of conventional and organic milk production in the Netherlands

MA Thomassen, KJ van Calker, MCJ Smits… - Agricultural systems, 2008 - Elsevier
Production of milk causes environmental side effects, such as emission of greenhouse
gases and nutrient enrichment in surface water. Scientific evidence that shows differences in …

[HTML][HTML] Greenhouse gas emissions from milk production and consumption in the United States: A cradle-to-grave life cycle assessment circa 2008

G Thoma, J Popp, D Nutter, D Shonnard, R Ulrich… - International Dairy …, 2013 - Elsevier
This article presents a cradle-to-grave analysis of the United States fluid milk supply chain
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that are accounted from fertilizer production through …

[HTML][HTML] A life cycle sustainability assessment of organic and conventional pork supply chains in Sweden

S Zira, L Rydhmer, E Ivarsson, R Hoffmann… - Sustainable Production …, 2021 - Elsevier
Most existing life cycle assessment studies that have compared the sustainability of organic
and conventional pork supply chains are environmental assessments. The economic and …

LCA of soybean meal

R Dalgaard, J Schmidt, N Halberg… - … International Journal of …, 2008 - Springer
Abstract Background, Aim and Scope Soybean meal is an important protein input to the
European livestock production, with Argentina being an important supplier. The area …

Essential amino acids: master regulators of nutrition and environmental footprint?

P Tessari, A Lante, G Mosca - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
The environmental footprint of animal food production is considered several-fold greater
than that of crops cultivation. Therefore, the choice between animal and vegetarian diets …

Life cycle environmental impacts of wine production and consumption in Nova Scotia, Canada

E Point, P Tyedmers, C Naugler - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2012 - Elsevier
Life cycle assessment (LCA) was used to quantify environmental impacts and improvement
options for the full life cycle of one 750ml bottle of wine produced and consumed in Nova …