Category Archives: Sustainable Food
Edge project work at 2013 ALCAS Conference
At Edge we are very proud to announce that our clients will be presenting the outcomes from our projects, their benefits and experience at the 2013 National Australian Life Cycle Assessment Society (ALCAS) Conference, to be held in from July 15th - 18th in Manly. The clients we have assisted are Inghams, to understand the lifecycle [...]
3rd National Sustainable Food Summit
Edge attended the 3rd Annual National Sustainable Food Summit in Melbourne on March 20th and 21st. This event is a gathering of minds involved in the growth, processing, retailing, R&D and policy development of food in Australia. With a rapidly growing population globally, increased wealth, changing consumption preferences and demand for more food overall will [...]
Do biofuels have a lower carbon footprint?
The simplified life cycle of biofuels starts by the source material (e.g. biomass) absorbing CO2 from the atmosphere, and emitting the absorbed carbon when being burnt as fuel, which is then available for biofuel crops for absorption. According to this simplified life cycle, biofuels should have a net zero effect on CO2 levels. However, the [...]
Is organic better?
Many consumers who are conscious of their environmental impact choose organic products, particularly food, but is this really better for the environment? There is no doubt that there are some benefits from organic agriculture compared with the equivalent conventionally-grown food due to less use of chemical fertilisers, pesticides, herbicides or genetically modified organisms. However, results [...]
Latest International Trends on measuring Food Sustainability
During the first week of October, Edge Environment’s Director Jonas Bengtsson presented at the 8th International Conference on LCA in the Food industry. This conference continued its growth trend, with over 430 participants, a great increase over the last Conference in 2010 in Bari, Italy with 272 attendants. While the usual topics such as [...]
Report from LCA Food 2012 Conference in St Malo
The International Conference on LCA in the Agri-Food sector was held in St Malo in France from 1 to 4 October 2012. This was the eighth conference in a series including Brussels (1996, 1998), Gothenburg (2001, 2007), Horsens (2003), Zürich (2008) and Bari (2010). The conference saw increased focus on labelling in all forms (eco-, carbon [...]
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