The UK Government has set an ambitious target of achieving a national “net-zero”
greenhouse gas economy by 2050. Agriculture is arguably placed at the heart of achieving …

Increased livestock production under increasing global human population and wealth
results in increased discharge of livestock excreta, which may cause more greenhouse gas …

Farming externalities are believed to co-vary negatively, yet trade-offs have rarely been
quantified systematically. Here we present data from UK and Brazilian pig production …

Food-borne pathogens are an important challenge for the food industry. In this study, the
possibility of using the previously designed and synthesized antimicrobial peptide HX-12C …

The need to reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions may require the use of
renewable gaseous fuels in the food and beverage industry to decarbonise processes that …

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is widely regarded as a useful tool for comparing the
environmental impacts of multiple livestock production systems. While LCA results are …

Pork is one of the most consumed types of meat globally and it contributes considerably to
environmental impact. The aim of this study was to investigate the development of the …

Abstract Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of livestock production systems is often based on
inventory data for farms typical of a study region. As information on individual animals is …

Growing demand for sustainably driven production systems, especially pork, requires a
holistic or system thinking approach. Life Cycle Thinking (LCT) offers a robust …

Taking into account that in the literature on pork-production Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
there are a few studies about the Iberian pig, the present article evaluates an extensive …