CONTEXT Food systems worldwide are under enormous pressure. Over the past decades,
local food systems have been promoted by governments and civil society organisations as a …

This review combines results from a large number of studies investigating energy use in EU
open-field agriculture, providing an overview of energy use and its concentrations. Such a …

Life cycle thinking is increasingly seen as a key concept for ensuring a transition towards
more sustainable production and consumption patterns. As food production systems and …

Food consumption is amongst the main drivers of environmental impacts. On one hand,
there is the need to fulfil a fundamental human need for nutrition, and on the other hand this …

The expansion of the food industry, within and beyond national borders, has resulted in
complex collaborative networks and supply chains. The management culture adopted for …

This study discusses importance of assessing environmental sustainability of fruits and
vegetable (F&V) production sector in future climate change (CC) scenarios. For the current …

People use lots of water for drinking, cooking and washing, but significantly more for
producing things such as food, paper and cotton clothes. The water footprint is an indicator …

Cultured meat (ie, meat produced in vitro using tissue engineering techniques) is being
developed as a potentially healthier and more efficient alternative to conventional meat. Life …

Purpose Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) is a field of active development. The last
decade has seen prolific publication of new impact assessment methods covering many …

Despite significant recent public concern and media attention to the environmental impacts
of food, few studies in the United States have systematically compared the life-cycle …