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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The production and supply of food currently accounts for 20–30% of greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions in the UK and the government and nongovernmental organisations are seeking to …

The production, transport and processing of food products have significant environmental
impacts, some of them related to climate change. This study examined the energy use and …

We collect extensive data on worldwide trade by transportation mode and use this to provide
detailed comparisons of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with output versus …