A survey of the life cycle assessment of food supply chains

P Vidergar, M Perc, RK Lukman - Journal of cleaner production, 2021 - Elsevier
Food supply chains have substantial impacts on our environment, using large amounts of
fossil fuel and other non-renewable resources, as well as water and land. Food supply …

Sustainable agri-food systems: environment, economy, society, and policy

H El Bilali, C Strassner, T Ben Hassen - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Agri-food systems (AFS) have been central in the debate on sustainable development.
Despite this growing interest in AFS, comprehensive analyses of the scholarly literature are …

The maturation of ecosystem services: Social and policy research expands, but whither biophysically informed valuation?

KMA Chan, T Satterfield - People and Nature, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The concept of ecosystem services (ES) has risen to prominence based on its promise to
vastly improve environmental decision‐making and to represent nature's many benefits to …

Life cycle assessment of packaged organic dairy product: A comparison of different methods for the environmental assessment of alternative scenarios

G Borghesi, R Stefanini, G Vignali - Journal of Food Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Nowadays Life Cycle Assessment is usually adopted to evaluate the carbon
footprint and water footprint of packaged foods considering the whole supply chain, but not …

[HTML][HTML] A large share of climate impacts of beef and dairy can be attributed to ecosystem services other than food production

K Von Greyerz, P Tidåker, JO Karlsson… - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Domesticated ruminants supply nutrient-dense foods but at a large environmental cost.
However, many ruminant production systems are multi-functional, providing ecosystem …

Characteristics of decision process towards circular food economy: A review

SDR Lugo, K Kimita, N Nishino - Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain, 2023 - Elsevier
The agri-food supply chain has unique characteristics, such as perishability, high product
differentiation, and safety requirements, which results in one-third of its production being lost …

Using a gate-to-gate LCA to apply circular economy principles to a food processing SME

TA Colley, M Birkved, SI Olsen, MZ Hauschild - Journal of cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to assess: what are the circular economy opportunities for
small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in the meat processing sector to reduce their …

Assessment of water buffalo milk and traditional milk products in a sustainable production system

Z Becskei, M Savić, D Ćirković, M Rašeta, N Puvača… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) conservation in Serbia is under an in situ program, but
additional efforts are needed to ensure the development of this animal's genetic resources …

Ecosystem services and biodiversity appraisals by means of life cycle tools: state-of-art in agri-food and forestry field

C Soldati, AI De Luca, N Iofrida, E Spada… - Agriculture & Food …, 2023 - Springer
Background In recent years, the importance of ecosystem services (ESs) has been
significantly recognized in policy-making processes. The choice of life cycle (LC) …

Delivering “less but better” meat in practice—a case study of a farm in agroecological transition

K Resare Sahlin, J Carolus, K von Greyerz… - Agronomy for …, 2022 - Springer
Eating “less but better” meat can be a strategy to guide meat consumption in Western or high-
income countries towards sustainability, but what “better” means depends on the …