Standard method for determining the carbon footprint of dairy products reduces confusion

Animal Frontiers

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-18

  Bertrand, Sophie ^a   Barnett, Jim ^b  

^a French Livestock Institute   (France)

^b Fonterra   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Dairy product; Environmental impact; Life cycle analysis; Milk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857830398     PISSN: 21606056     EISSN: 21606064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/af.2011-0011     Document Type: Article

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