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U.S. Food System

CSS Publication Number:

CSS01-06

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Abstract:

A factsheet that illustrates current unsustainable patterns of agricultural production and food consumption in the United States, supplemented by selected CSS research results on the life-cycle environmental impacts, as well as a listing of more sustainable alternatives.

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CSS Factsheets, U.S. Food System

Research Areas:

Food Systems and Consumer Products›Food & Agriculture

Research Project:

CSS Factsheets

Publication Type:

Factsheet

Date Published:

June 2001, then updated annually

Full Citation:

Heller, M.C. and G.A. Keoleian. 2001. CSS Factsheets, U.S. Food System. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor: 1-2.

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Factsheet subgroup:

Food

Publication Status:

Published

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