1 credit
Spring 2025 Lecture Upper Division
This course is to provide information for students to understand the radical increase in food production and the associated environmental issues it has created. This course gives theoretical coverage of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology that will assist students in finding ways to evaluate the environmental sustainability of different food systems throughout their entire supply chains at local, national and global levels.
Learning Outcomes1Understand the relationship between the food product life cycle and resource use and emissions generated.
2Explain the principles of LCA and describe its content and purpose of each analytical step.
3Interpret and evaluate food LCA studies and understand their strengths, weaknesses and appropriate use.
4Perform a complete LCA to assess the environmental impact of a food product/system using publicly available data and software.
5Identify the key factors impacting the environmental sustainability of food systems from farm-to-fork.
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