A Swine Carbon Footprint model as a decision aid tool

A satiated market has a common feature. No longer is it only relevant how to produce enough pork to feed everybody. Rather the question prevails: ‘How to produce pork better?’ Looking at this question from an environmental angle, the concept of carbon footprint is often introduced. A team of US scientists set out to find out how to further reduce swine production’s carbon footprint. Do the pork industry’s efforts to improve production and economics affect its greenhouse gas emissions and