Sustainability of the Dairy Industry: Emissions and Mitigation Opportunities

Peterson, Carlyn B.

doi:10.3389/fanim.2021.760310

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“…Approaches to food fortification vary considerably and for instance, include the use of ready-to-use therapeutic foods of fortified peanut butter pastes. Peanuts have the smallest carbon footprint of any nut with 0.621 kg CO 2eq /kg, requiring less water than tree nuts such as almonds 1.92 kg CO 2eq /kg, compared with milk protein 1.19 kg CO 2eq /kg [54][55][56] (table 1).…”

Section: Plant-based (Protein) Nutrition Versus Animal-based (Protein...mentioning

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Call for sustainable food systems including (medical) nutrition for hospitalised children and their families

Verbruggen,

Cochius den Otter,

Bakker

et al. 2024

Frontline Gastroenterol

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The climate emergency presents a profound threat to global health, adversely affecting the health and well-being of children who are projected to bear a substantial disease burden, as well as impacting children’s right to food, water, healthcare and education. The healthcare sector strives to prioritise preventative healthcare policies improving the health of individuals across the life course. However, current healthcare practices significantly contribute to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and waste generation, in which (medical) nutrition plays an important role.Plant-based proteins offer sustainability benefits, and potential health advantages, and have a lower climate footprint, although there may also be unintended consequences of land-use change and deforestation for certain crops. However, to develop suitable plant-based alternatives to medical nutrition, it will be necessary to address regulatory obstacles as well as ensure nutritional profiles are suitable, particularly protein (amino acid) and micronutrient composition. Additionally, the development of heat-tolerant and water-efficient plant genotypes could bolster adaptation to changing climatic conditions.Effective waste management, including wasted food and medical nutrition, emerges as a key strategy in mitigating the climate impact of medical nutrition. While research on food waste in healthcare settings is limited, minimising waste spillage in medical nutrition is a crucial area to explore. Healthcare professionals must acknowledge their roles in curbing the climate footprint of medical nutrition as well as recommendations for food-based approaches. This review aims to investigate the sustainability of medical nutrition for paediatric care, focusing on factors contributing to GHG emissions, plant-based alternatives, waste management and plastic packaging. Such an exploration is vital for healthcare professionals to fulfil their responsibilities in addressing the climate crisis while advocating for change.

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Section: Plant-based (Protein) Nutrition Versus Animal-based (Protein...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Call for sustainable food systems including (medical) nutrition for hospitalised children and their families

Verbruggen,

Cochius den Otter,

Bakker

et al. 2024

Frontline Gastroenterol

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“…The largest GHG streams from dairy farm production are ammonia and nitrous oxide emissions from enteric fermentation, manure storage and handling, and agricultural crops and pastures growth activity [32][33][34][35]. Among the sources of GHG, one could also mention the emissions of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO 2 eq) from the combustion of fossil fuels and the decomposition of lime used on farmland and pastures, but these sources are very diffuse and difficult to avoid.…”

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The Impact of Manure Use for Energy Purposes on the Economic Balance of a Dairy Farm

Mazurkiewicz

2023

Energies

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The use of methane fermentation in mesophilic conditions for the energy use of cow manure and additional co-substrates from the farm can bring a small dairy farm (140 dairy cows) financial benefits of up to EUR 114,159 per year. Taking into account the need to pay for emissions calculated as carbon dioxide equivalent, this profit could be reduced to EUR 81,323 per year. With the traditional direct use of manure, this profit would drop by as much as 60% to the level of EUR 33,944 per year. Therefore, the introduction of fees for emissions may significantly burden current dairy farms. As has already been shown, just compacting and covering the manure (which costs approx. EUR 2000 per year for 140 cows) would give almost twice as much profit—EUR 64,509 per year. Although an investment in a small biogas plant with a cogeneration unit on a family dairy farm may have a payback period of less than 6.5 years and a return of capital employed of 16%, most small farms in the world will not be able to afford its construction without external subsidies. At the same time, it would make it possible to reduce emissions by almost 270 times—from 41,460 to 154 tons of CO2eq per year—and the possibility of preserving valuable nutrients and minerals and supporting soil properties in the digestate. Therefore, it seems necessary for Europe to introduce a support system for small- and medium-sized farms with this type of investment in the near future in a much larger form than it has been so far.

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“…Of note is the high incidence of lameness in dairy cows and the greater adverse effects, which have a significant economic impact on dairy operations 25 , 26 . Not only is the dairy industry a major driver of the economy, but its products provide significant nutritional benefits to a growing population 27 . However, there are no effective methods for the prevention and treatment of hoof laminitis, and research on laminitis in dairy cows has focused mainly on the animal level, with little known about studies at the cellular level.…”

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Chicoric acid ameliorates LPS-induced inflammatory injury in bovine lamellar keratinocytes by modulating the TLR4/MAPK/NF-κB signaling pathway

Lan,

Qi,

Ren

et al. 2023

Sci Rep

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Damage to lamellar keratinocytes, an essential cellular component of the epidermal layer of hoof tissue, can have a detrimental effect on hoof health and the overall production value of dairy cows. We isolated and cultured cow lamellar keratinocytes using the Dispase II and collagenase methods. We purified them by differential digestion and differential velocity adherent methods at each passaging and identified them by keratin 14 immunofluorescence. We established an in vitro model of inflammation in laminar keratinocytes using LPS and investigated whether chicoric acid protects against inflammatory responses by inhibiting the activation of the TLR4/MAPK/NF-κB signaling pathway. The results showed that cow lamellar keratinocytes were successfully isolated and cultured by Dispase II combined with the collagenase method. In the in vitro inflammation model established by LPS, the Chicoric acid decreased the concentration of inflammatory mediators (TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6), down-regulated the mRNA expression of TLR4 and MyD88 (P < 0.01), down-regulated the expression of TLR4, MyD88, p-ERK, p-p38, IKKβ, p-p65, p-p50 (P < 0.05), and increased the IκBα protein expression (P < 0.05). In conclusion, Chicoric acid successfully protected cow lamellar keratinocytes from LPS-induced inflammatory responses by modulating the TLR4/MAPK/NF-κB signaling pathway and downregulating inflammatory mediators.

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Sustainability of the Dairy Industry: Emissions and Mitigation Opportunities

Cited by 25 publications

References 119 publications

Call for sustainable food systems including (medical) nutrition for hospitalised children and their families

Call for sustainable food systems including (medical) nutrition for hospitalised children and their families

The Impact of Manure Use for Energy Purposes on the Economic Balance of a Dairy Farm

Chicoric acid ameliorates LPS-induced inflammatory injury in bovine lamellar keratinocytes by modulating the TLR4/MAPK/NF-κB signaling pathway

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