The demand for animal products is predicted to double by 2050 and already today, the global livestock sector is one of the top two or three most significant contributors to some of the most urgent environmental problems. In this article, those impacts are discussed that emphasize on land use ...
They found high costs of meat and potential health benefits to be the most prevalent motivations for reducingmeat intake, while environmental concern was one of the weakest incentives. They believe a lack of connection between meat eating and its associated environmental impacts could potentially explai...
Cultured meat (i.e., meat produced in vitro using tissue engineering techniques) is being developed as a potentially healthier and more efficient alternative to conventional meat. Life cycle assessment (LCA) research method was used for assessing environmental impacts of large-scale cultured meat prod...
The carbon footprint (CF), the amount of greenhouse gases (GHG) emitted during a product's lifecycle, was evaluated as an indicator of the wider environmental impacts of meat production using existing life cycle assessments of different types of meat (pork, chicken and beef). The CF generally...
In the future, the researchers plan to look at biodiversity impacts as another way to measure environmental costs. The analysis also mentions a range of other environmental impacts such as water demand, pesticide use, antibiotic use and soil erosion that were addressed in some of the studies they...
3.2.2. Impacts of Meal Types and Contribution of Life Cycle Stages Figure 3 presents the relative environmental impacts comparing meatless to meat-containing meals (scaled to 100%), as well as the contribution of different life cycle stages to the overall impact. The absolute values of the envi...
Background: Health is not the only aspect people consider when choosing to consume meat; environmental concerns about the impact of meat (production and distribution) can influence people’s meat choices. Methods: We conducted a mixed-methods systematic review, searched six databases from inception ...
The Environmental Impacts of Food Production Food and agriculture have a significant impact on our planet, particularly in terms of carbon emissions, water withdrawals, and land use. To visualize how different food items contribute to this environmental impact, the above graphic ranks foods based on...
A small number of products score high on environmental impact per Euro and also have a substantial share of overall consumer expenditure. Several meat and dairy products, household heating, and car driving thus have a large share of the total environmental impact. Due to their sales volume, ...
Comparing the environmental impacts of meatless and meat-containing meals in the United States Sustainability, 11 (2019), 10.3390/SU11226235 6235 2019;11:6235 Google Scholar [51] A. Fusi, V. Castellani, J. Bacenetti, G. Cocetta, M. Fiala, R. Guidetti The environmental impact of the produ...