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 …

Livestock and the environment: what have we learned in the past decade?

M Herrero, S Wirsenius, B Henderson… - Annual Review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
The livestock and environment nexus has been the subject of considerable research in the
past decade. With a more prosperous and urbanized population projected to grow …

Meat alternatives: life cycle assessment of most known meat substitutes

S Smetana, A Mathys, A Knoch, V Heinz - The International Journal of Life …, 2015 - Springer
Purpose Food production is among the highest human environmental impacting activities.
Agriculture itself accounts for 70–85% of the water footprint and 30% of world greenhouse …

Carbon footprint of food waste management options in the waste hierarchy–a Swedish case study

M Eriksson, I Strid, PA Hansson - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2015 - Elsevier
Food waste is a problem with economic, environmental and social implications, making it
both important and complex. Previous studies have addressed food waste management …

[HTML][HTML] How can the EU climate targets be met? A combined analysis of technological and demand-side changes in food and agriculture

D Bryngelsson, S Wirsenius, F Hedenus, U Sonesson - Food Policy, 2016 - Elsevier
To meet the 2° C climate target, deep cuts in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will be
required for carbon dioxide from fossil fuels but, most likely, also for methane and nitrous …

[PDF][PDF] The methodology of the FAO study: Global Food Losses and Food Waste-extent, causes and prevention”-FAO, 2011

J Gustafsson, C Cederberg, U Sonesson… - 2013 - diva-portal.org
Rapportmall - svensk Page 1 © SIK SIK report No. 857 The methodology of the FAO study: “Global
Food Losses and Food Waste extent, causes and prevention”- FAO, 2011 By SIK - The …

Greenhouse gas emission profiles of European livestock sectors

JP Lesschen, M van den Berg, HJ Westhoek… - Animal Feed Science …, 2011 - Elsevier
There are increasing concerns about the ecological footprint of global animal production.
Expanding livestock sectors worldwide contribute to expansion of agricultural land and …

The environmental impact of beef production in the United States: 1977 compared with 2007

JL Capper - Journal of animal science, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Consumers often perceive that the modern beef production system has an environmental
impact far greater than that of historical systems, with improved efficiency being achieved at …

Environmental impact of packaging and food losses in a life cycle perspective: a comparative analysis of five food items

H Williams, F Wikström - Journal of cleaner production, 2011 - Elsevier
The environmental concern and development issues regarding packaging has for 20 years
to a high extent been on packaging when it has become waste. To reduce the environmental …

Livestock greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation potential in Europe

J Bellarby, R Tirado, A Leip, F Weiss… - Global change …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The livestock sector contributes considerably to global greenhouse gas emissions (GHG).
Here, for the year 2007 we examined GHG emissions in the EU 27 livestock sector and …