Livestock have long been integral to food production systems, often not by choice but by
need. While our knowledge of livestock greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions mitigation has …

Food waste represents one of the major problems in the food industry, as it accounts for
substantial social, economic, and environmental challenges due to the waste of resources …

Goal and theoretical commentary A number of recent life cycle assessment (LCA) studies
have concluded that animal-sourced foods should be restricted—or even avoided—within …

Recently, many studies have assessed the carbon footprint of bovine milk production.
However, due to the complexity of life cycle assessment, most studies have analyzed …

Agriculture is a significant source of anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and
beef cattle are particularly emissions intensive. GHG emissions are typically expressed as a …

Life-cycle assessment (LCA) emphasizes obtaining primary data from an on-site process to
reduce uncertainties. However, data of the upstream process from secondary sources also …

Purpose Beef and dairy production systems produce several by-products, such as fertilizers,
bioenergy, hides, and pet foods, among which the environmental impacts arising from …

A recent analysis by Stylianou et al.(2021) estimated the impact of small dietary changes in
the consumption of individual foods on human health and the environment, expressed as …

Dual-purpose cattle systems (DPS) include more than 75% of all dairy cows in Latin America
and produce 40% of total milk production. Colombia has the fourth largest cattle herd in …

Allocation is a key methodological issue in LCA, since allocation rules in ISO standards are
commonly subject to interpretation. The present study focuses on this question for the meat …