Poultry production faces increasing environmental challenges, in the United States and globally. Although the environmental impact of poultry production has …
The Ecological Footprint measures the amount of biologically productive land and water area required to support the demands of a …
Food consumption may account for upwards of 15% of U.S. per capita greenhouse gas emissions. Online carbon calculators can help consumers prioritize among dietary behaviors to minimize personal “carbon footprints,” leveraging against emissions-intensive industry practices. We reviewed the fitness of selected carbon calculators for measuring and communicating indirect GHG emissions from food consumption. Calculators were …
Research shows that livestock account for a significant proportion of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and global consumption of livestock products is growing rapidly. This paper reviews the life cycle analysis (LCA) approach to quantifying these emissions and argues that, given the dynamic complexity of our food system, it offers a limited understanding of livestock’s GHG …
The environmental assessment of human activities is presently a hot topic. It is not only important from an ecological perspective, …
The reduction of emissions of air pollutants is subject of international conventions, which include reporting of emissions in accordance with …
Anthropogenic warming is caused mainly by emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide, with …
The objective is to show that it is possible to estimate facility demand of laying hens with discrete-event modelling. This …
Social relationships in domestic fowl are commonly assumed to rely on social recognition and its pre-requisite, discrimination of group-mates. If this is true, then the unnatural physical and social environments in which commercial laying hens are typically housed, when compared with those in which their progenitor species evolved, may compromise social function with consequent implications …
Professor Hans-Wilhelm Windhorst’s report on the development of egg production in the sub regions of the Americas between 1990 and …
Professor Hans-Wilhelm Windhorst and Dr Barbara Grabkowsky’s report on An Atlas of the European Egg Industry – with special reference …
International Reviews Session – Tuesday 21st September
T.G.C.M. van Niekerk, Animal Sciences Group, Wageningen University and Research Center (Wageningen UR), The Netherlands. P.L.M van Horne, Agricultural Economics …
Survey of the prevalence of Salmonella species on commercial laying farms in the United Kingdom – Oct 2007.
Ban on Cages in Netherlands – LEI Report
This year World Egg Day 2010, 8th October, will focus on the work the egg industry is doing to help …
Marketing Session Presentation – “The Future of Consumption: How Will We Be Living Tomorrow?”