BREE 505 — Life Cycle Assessment for Sustainable Agrifood Systems

Examination of the methods for food system sustainability assessment and their trade-offs, focusing on conducting environmental life cycle assessment, life cycle costing, and an introduction to social life cycle assessment for agrifood systems (crops and livestock). Additionally, methods for trade-off analysis among the three sustainability dimensions – environment, economics, social – will be evaluated and applied to agrifood system optimization and sustainability decision-making.

• Credits: 3
• Faculty: Faculty of Agric Environ Sci
• Department: Bioresource Engineering
• Prerequisites: BREE 420 or equivalent or permission of the instructor