Meat Eaters Guide: Methodology - Environmental Working Group

Meat Eaters Guide: Methodology
The following data sources are specific to each of the food commodities analyzed, including feed
crops used in meat production.
Beef
Lamb
Pork
Chicken
(broiler)
Turkey
Salmon
Tuna
Eggs
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University of Idaho, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (http://www.cals.uidaho.
edu/aers/PDF/Livestock/EEB%202004/EBB-CC3-06.pdf; http://www.cals.uidaho.edu/
aers/PDF/Livestock/EEB%202004/EBB-FL1-06.pdf); University of Nebraska, Lincoln,
Extension (http://www.ianrpubs.unl.edu/epublic/live/ec857/build/ec857.pdf )
University of Idaho, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (http://www.cals.uidaho.
edu/aers/PDF/Livestock/EEB%202004/EBB-SF1-06.pdf); The Ohio State University
Extension (http://aede.osu.edu/Programs/FarmManagement/Budgets/Sheep/index.htm);
Michigan State University, Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics (http://aec.msu.
edu/aecreports/budgets01.htm ); Iowa State University Extension (http://www.extension.
iastate.edu/agdm/livestock/html/b1-21.html)
British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries (http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/
busmgmt/budgets/budget_pdf/poultry/vibroilr.pdf; http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/busmgmt/
budgets/budget_pdf/small_scale/small_scale_hay_chicken_budget.pdf)
Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences, Agricultural Research and Cooperative
Extension (http://agalternatives.aers.psu.edu/Publications/SmallflockTurkeys.pdf )
Farming: N. Pelletier, et al, “Not All Salmon Are Created Equal: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
of Global Salmon Farming Systems”, Environ. Sci. Technol. 2009 43, 8730–8736; Filleting
and freezing of fish: LCA Food Database (http://www.lcafood.dk/processes/industry/
filletingfish.htm)
A. Hospido, et al. 2006. “Environmental Assessment of Canned Tuna Manufacture with a
life cycle perspective”. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 47: 56-72.
Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences, Agricultural Research and Cooperative
Extension (http://agalternatives.aers.psu.edu/Publications/small_scale_egg.pdf); British
Columbia Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries - Planning for Profit budgets (http://
www.agf.gov.bc.ca/busmgmt/budgets/budget_pdf/poultry/free_run_eggs_2002.pdf);
New Jersey Agricultural Experimental Station, Rutgers (http://www.agrisk.umn.edu/
Budgets/Display.aspx?RecID=1089&Pg=2)
Environmental Working Group Meat Eaters Guide: Methodology 2011