Food transportation issues and reducing carbon footprint

Food Engineering Series

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 211-236

  Wakeland, Wayne ^a   Cholette, Susan ^b   Venkat, Kumar ^c  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CleanMetrics Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon Emission; Carbon Footprint; Distribution Center; Food Waste; Supply Chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044658327     PISSN: 15710297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-1587-9_9     Document Type: Chapter

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