Symposium on Critical Issues and Research Methods in Food Life Cycle Assessment

Oct. 8-10, 2007

Symposium Summary - Coordinating Authors: Sonja Brodt, Gail Feenstra and Tom Tomich University of California, Davis

Guest Presentations

• Embedded Carbon in Food: The Work of the UK - Guy Shrubsole, UK Department of the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra)
• Energy and greenhouse gas emission in food production chains - Klaas Jan Kramer, LBNL/KJKramer Consulting
• Calories in Context: Life Cycle Perspectives on Sustainability in Industrial Food Production - Nathan Pelletier and Peter Tyedmers, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Danish experiences using life Cycle Assessment (LCA) as a tool for assessing a livestock product's energy use and environmental impact through its life cycle - Niels Halberg, Randi Dalgaard & John Hermansen, Department of Agroecology and Environment, University of Aarhus, Denmark
• Environmental impacts of food products investigated in life cycle assessment - Dr. Niels Jungbluth, ESU-services Ltd.
• Food miles and fossil fuel use in food distribution - Rich Pirog, Associate Director, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University
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