Pig and poultry production systems have reached high-performance levels over the last few
decades. However, there is still room for improvement when it comes to their environmental …

Despite having relatively low greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared to other terrestrial
animal protein sources, egg production is among the fastest-growing livestock sectors and …

Background Poultry production is an important human food pillar and is experiencing
continuous growth worldwide. The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approach has been …

Food production in intensive farming systems can be unsustainable in several ways.
Although hen egg is consumed worldwide as a very valuable and cheap source of protein …

With the ever-increasing world population, there is a need for the agri-food industry to adopt
sustainable practices with a reduced environmental footprint. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is …

Health and sustainability problems have become a central theme in dialogue in both the
scientific community and the public. Our individual choices have a profound, advantageous …

The food industry represents a vast environmental burden to our planet. Most animal
products are known to have greater environmental impacts than alternative plant-based …

Feeding the world's population sustainably is a major challenge of our society, and was
stated as one of the key priorities for development cooperation by the European Union (EU) …

Like other livestock sectors, the Canadian egg industry has evolved substantially over time
and will likely experience similarly significant change looking forward, with many of these …

Life cycle assessment is a widespread method for measuring and monitoring the
environmental impacts of production processes, thereby allowing the comparison of …