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...
" Orkin wrote in the paper. "As pet ownership increases in some developing countries, especially China, and trends continue in pet food toward higher content and quality of meat, globally, pet ownership will compound the environmental impacts of human dietary...
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...
Young said EPA does not have enough data to back up assertions about the cost of the proposal for slaughterhouses and processing plants, or on the impacts of wastewater discharges on local communities. “EPA should stop what they're doing and come back to the table,” Young said. ...
habits, and given that the demand for meat is expected to grow in the developing world, it appears that cultured meat provides a serious, perhapsthe most serious, alternative to be able to significantly reduce the deleterious impacts of meat production and consumption. Moreover, this innovation ...
Environmental impacts of the basket of products are assessed through a Life Cycle Assessment from cradel to grave. • Meat and dairy products present the highest contribution of the overall impact of the basket. • Agriculture is the most impacting life cycle stage for almost all the products...
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 ...
When addressing the complexity of the meat production sector and its demand for resources, it is important to assess its interactions with the environment and evaluate its effects on ecosystems and other environmental impacts. Therefore, there is the need for a holistic analytical approach to ...