Sustainable dairy production

"This book offers a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in sustainable dairy production, helping the industry to develop more sustainable dairy products, through new technologies, implementing life cycle analysis, and upgrading and optimization of their current production lines. It a...

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Main Author: Jong, Peter de , 1965- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Wiley-Blackwell , c2013
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245 0 0 |a Sustainable dairy production   |c edited by Peter de Jong 
260 |a New York :   |b Wiley-Blackwell ,   |c c2013 
300 |a xiii, 266 p. :   |b ill. ;   |c 26 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a 1. Introduction -- 2. Greenhouse gas emissions feom global dairy production -- 3. Life cycle assessment -- 4. Sustainability and resilience of the dairy sector in a changing world: a farm economic and EU perspective -- 5. Dairy processing -- 6. The role of packaging in a sustainable dairy chain -- 7. The business case for sustainable dairy products -- 8. A study of marketing sustainability -- 9. Cradle to cradle for innovations in the dairy industry -- 10. The future of sustsinable dairy production 
520 |a "This book offers a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in sustainable dairy production, helping the industry to develop more sustainable dairy products, through new technologies, implementing life cycle analysis, and upgrading and optimization of their current production lines. It aims to stimulate process innovations, taking into account environmental, economic and public relations benefits for companies. Topics covered include: How to set up a sustainable production line How to quantify the carbon foot print of a dairy product by using life cycle analysis Current technologies to improve the carbon foot print What measures can be taken to reduce the global warming potential of the farm Reduction of water use in dairy production Marketing sustainable dairy products Bench marking of dairy products against other food products Potential future technological developments to improve the carbon foot print for the following decades "-- Provided by publisher 
650 0 |a Dairy engineering 
650 0 |a Dairy products 
650 0 |a Sustainable engineering 
700 1 |a Jong, Peter de ,   |d 1965- ,   |e author 
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