Environmental Impact of Agro-Food Industry and Food Consumption

Environmental Impact of Agro-Food Industry and Food Consumption covers trends associated with the impact of food production on the environment using lifecycle analysis and the standard methods used to estimate the food industry’s environmental impact. The book discusses city-scale actions to estimate the environmental impact of food systems, including the meat chain, feeding crops to farmed fish, the confectionary industry, agriculture, tea processing, cheese production, the dairy industry, cold chain, and ice cream production. Food waste and consumption in hospitality and global diets round out these interesting discussions.

Written for food scientists, technologists, engineers, chemists, governmental regulatory bodies, environmentalists, environmental technologists, environmental engineers, researchers, academics and professionals working in the food industry, this book is an essential resource on sustainability in the food industry.

Addresses all levels of the food chainProvides solutions for the food industry to estimate and reduce environmental impactAssists members of the food industry in optimizing their current performance and reducing their environmental footprint

1. Standard methods effectively useful to mitigate the environmental impact of food industry 2. Environmental Impact of Different Agricultural Management Practices 3. Environmental impacts of feeding crops to pig and poultry 4. Environmental impact of poultry farming and egg production 5. Environmental impact of pasta 6. Environmental impacts of dairy industry 7. Environmental impact of ice cream 8. Environmental impact of cheese production 9. Environmental impact of confectionery industry 10. Environmental impact of tea production/consumption chain 11. Environmental Impacts of Food Refrigeration 12. Environmental impacts of food waste