Managing grazing to restore soil health, ecosystem function, and ecosystem services

R Teague, U Kreuter - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Ruminants including domestic livestock, have been accused of causing damaging impacts
on the global environment and human well-being. However, with appropriate management …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling greenhouse gas emissions from dairy farms

CA Rotz - Journal of dairy science, 2018 - Elsevier
Dairy farms have been identified as an important source of greenhouse gas emissions.
Within the farm, important emissions include enteric CH 4 from the animals, CH 4 and N 2 O …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of soil carbon sequestration on life cycle greenhouse gas emissions in Midwestern USA beef finishing systems

PL Stanley, JE Rowntree, DK Beede, MS DeLonge… - Agricultural …, 2018 - Elsevier
Beef cattle have been identified as the largest livestock-sector contributor to greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions. Using life cycle analysis (LCA), several studies have concluded that grass …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental footprints of beef cattle production in the United States

CA Rotz, S Asem-Hiablie, S Place, G Thoma - Agricultural systems, 2019 - Elsevier
The environmental impacts of beef cattle production and their effects on the overall
sustainability of beef have become a national and international concern. Our objective was …

Beyond Meat's beyond burger life cycle assessment: a detailed comparison between a plant-based and an animal-based protein source

GA Keoleian, MC Heller - 2018 - deepblue.lib.umich.edu
Beyond Meat commissioned the Center for Sustainable Systems at University of Michigan to
conduct a “cradle-to-distribution” life cycle assessment of the Beyond Burger, a plant-based …

Comparing environmental impacts of beef production systems: A review of life cycle assessments

M De Vries, CE Van Middelaar, IJM De Boer - Livestock Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Livestock production, and especially beef production, has a major impact on the
environment. Environmental impacts, however, vary largely among beef systems …

[HTML][HTML] Invited review: methane sources, quantification, and mitigation in grazing beef systems

LR Thompson, JE Rowntree - Applied Animal Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose The purpose of the review was to examine enteric methane emissions,
quantification methods, and mitigation strategies in grazing beef systems. Sources Peer …

Reducing climate impacts of beef production: A synthesis of life cycle assessments across management systems and global regions

DF Cusack, CE Kazanski, A Hedgpeth… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The global demand for beef is rapidly increasing (FAO, 2019), raising concern about climate
change impacts (Clark et al., 2020; Leip et al., 2015; Springmann et al., 2018). Beef and …

A life cycle assessment of the environmental impacts of a beef system in the USA

S Asem-Hiablie, T Battagliese… - … International Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose The need to assess the sustainability attributes of the United States beef industry is
underscored by its importance to food security locally and globally. A life cycle assessment …

Life cycle assessment of beef cattle production in two typical grassland systems of southern Brazil

M Dick, MA Da Silva, H Dewes - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2015 - Elsevier
The importance of animal production in the overall context of human activity is undisputed
and influences food supply, job security, income producing, as well as landscape and local …