{"id":435,"date":"2022-03-22T13:46:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T21:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/defaultveg\/?p=435"},"modified":"2022-03-22T13:46:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T21:46:13","slug":"university-of-michigan-life-cycle-assessment-shows-sustainability-benefits-of-plant-based-meat-over-conventional-beef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/defaultveg\/2022\/03\/22\/university-of-michigan-life-cycle-assessment-shows-sustainability-benefits-of-plant-based-meat-over-conventional-beef\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Michigan Life Cycle Assessment shows sustainability benefits of plant-based meat over conventional beef"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Oct. 1, 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/seas.umich.edu\/news\/u-m-life-cycle-assessment-shows-sustainability-benefits-plant-based-meat-over-conventional\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School for Environment and Sustainability<\/a>, University of Michigan<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/css.umich.edu\/person\/martin-c-heller\">Dr. Martin Heller<\/a>, research specialist at the <a href=\"http:\/\/css.umich.edu\/\">Center for Sustainable Systems<\/a> in U-M\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/seas.umich.edu\/\">School for Environment and Sustainability<\/a> (SEAS), conducted a peer-reviewed life cycle assessment to quantify the environmental impact of the production of the <a href=\"https:\/\/beyondmeat.com\/products\/view\/beyond-burger\">Beyond Burger<\/a> through it\u2019s distribution to retailers. The study shows that production of the Beyond Burger has a significantly lighter environmental footprint\u2014from a sustainability perspective\u2014than production of traditional beef hamburgers. Compared to a \u00bc lb. of U.S. beef, producing a \u00bc lb. Beyond Burger requires:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">99% less impact on water scarcity<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">93% less impact on land use<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">90% fewer greenhouse gas emissions<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Nearly 50% less energy<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Research brief:<a href=\"http:\/\/css.umich.edu\/project\/comprehensive-comparison-plant-based-and-animal-based-protien-sources-beyond-meats-beyond\">http:\/\/css.umich.edu\/project\/comprehensive-comparison-plant-based-and-animal-based-protien-sources-beyond-meats-beyond<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Forbes article:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/katrinafox\/2018\/09\/26\/this-vegan-brand-just-proved-that-plant-based-burgers-are-more-sustainable-than-those-made-of-beef\/#24620050475a\">https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/katrinafox\/2018\/09\/26\/this-vegan-brand-just-proved-that-plant-based-burgers-are-more-sustainable-than-those-made-of-beef\/#24620050475a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[&#8230; Read more at , <a href=\"https:\/\/seas.umich.edu\/news\/u-m-life-cycle-assessment-shows-sustainability-benefits-plant-based-meat-over-conventional\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School for Environment and Sustainability<\/a>, University of Michigan\u00a0]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oct. 1, 2018, School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan Dr. Martin Heller, research specialist at the Center for Sustainable Systems in U-M\u2019s School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS), conducted a peer-reviewed life cycle assessment to quantify the environmental impact of the production of the Beyond Burger through it\u2019s distribution to retailers. The study &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/defaultveg\/2022\/03\/22\/university-of-michigan-life-cycle-assessment-shows-sustainability-benefits-of-plant-based-meat-over-conventional-beef\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;University of Michigan Life Cycle Assessment shows sustainability benefits of plant-based meat over conventional beef&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3290,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/defaultveg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/defaultveg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/defaultveg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/defaultveg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3290"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/defaultveg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/defaultveg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":436,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/defaultveg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435\/revisions\/436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/defaultveg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/defaultveg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/defaultveg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}