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Life cycle carbon footprint analysis and improvement strategies for US maple syrup production
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Project purpose
Maple syrup producers can influence greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with production practices. We will conduct a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of maple syrup production, focus...
Calculating Avoided Food Waste from the Cold Chain
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This project will quantify avoided food waste/loss emissions associated with cold chain services, net of emissions of the equipment needed to refrigerate foods.. The purpose of the project will be to ...
Life Cycle Assessment of a High-Protein Ramen
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The Center for Sustainable Systems at University of Michigan conducted for Borealis Foods a “cradle to grave” life cycle assessment of Chef Woo (CW) instant ramen noodle, a unique product that supp...
MASTER'S PROJECT: Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Scope 3 Inventory and Corporate Climate Strategy for Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc
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According to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, the Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Accounting and Reporting standard, Scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions constitute emissions that result from indirect a...
MASTER'S PROJECT: GHG Inventory and Corporate Climate Strategy for Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc.
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Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc. is in the early stages of developing a new climate change strategy and set of goals, and the student team will support designing the program, conducting a GHG inventory...
Greenhouse Gas Implications of Future US Diet Scenarios
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Research question:
The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) is promoting a campaign with a target of 50% reduction in meat and dairy consumption. To support this campaign, CBD is interested in...
Changes in Energy Use and Water Stress Caused by the Emergence of the Cold Chain
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A critical yet unexplored dimension of the food-energy-water nexus is the expansion of the "cold chain" into developing countries. The cold chain is defined as access to climate-controlled environm...
Thermal Modification of Blue Stained, Fire Salvaged Timber
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The area of forest killed by wildfires, insect infestations and drought within the interior west has dramatically increased recently. If left standing, these dead trees are quickly attacked by a fu...
Reimagining Puerto Rico’s Energy and Food Systems Through Community Engagement and Industrial Symbiosis
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Graham Transformation Grant - Graham Sustainability Institute provides up to $200,000 over 2 years for collaborative research initiatives; 1 award per year.
There is an urgent need to...
Understanding Strategies to Influence Environmentally Effective Dietary Shifts: Development of a Research Agenda
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Diet composition is a major determinant of the greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental impacts associated with agriculture and food systems, and proper shifts in the diets of Americans pre...
Navigating Local and Sustainable Foods: Development of an Evidence-based Environmental Sustainability Decision-Making Framework for Institutional Food Service Providers
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Graham Catalyst Grants
Catalyst Grants are offered in the fall and winter to support a range of short-term, small-scale collaborative activities. These grants are intended to help better define...
Leveraging Existing Data and Insights into the Policy Process to Accelerate Progress toward Achieving Sustainable Diets in the Global South (EATS)
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Graham Institute Transformation Grant
There is an urgent imperative to reshape human diets to safeguard human health, mitigate climate change, and sustainably use the planet’s natural resources...
A Comprehensive Comparison of Plant-Based and Animal-Based Protien Sources: Beyond Meat's Beyond Burger Life Cycle Assessment
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Project Goal:
The ultimate goal of the proposed project is to advance knowledge on the environmental impact of plant-based protein alternatives by conducting a clear, comprehensive comparison via...
FEW Workshop: "Scaling Up" Urban Agriculture to Mitigate Food-Energy-Water Impacts
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With dramatic growth of urban areas and the majority of the world’s population now living in urban settings, cities have become dominant demand drivers in global food-energy-water (FEW) cycles. Glo...
Dow Fellow Research Support- Shen Qu
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Made possible by The Dow Chemical Company, the University of Michigan’s Dow Sustainability Fellows Program supports full-time graduate students and postdoctoral scholars who are committed to findin...
MASTER'S PROJECT: Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions on Cattle Ranches in the Brazilian Amazon
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With the fastest-growing herd of any country, Brazil’s cattle industry is frequently cited as the country’s single largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. In the last 50 years, over 17% of...
Dow Distinguished Awards: De-silting Minor Irrigation Ponds in South India: The Sustainability of Decentralized Resource Distribution
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Introduction
This project was selected as a Dow Distinguished Award for Interdisciplinary Sustainability. To foster high-impact sustainability collaborations across the University of Mich...
The Business Case for Sustainable Agriculture in Asia
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Kellogg Company sources agricultural commodities from around the world to manufacture its products; the company is committed to enhancing the natural resources and livelihoods of the area...
MASTER'S PROJECT: Building the Business Case for Sustainable Agriculture in Asia
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Kellogg Company sources agricultural commodities from around the world to manufacture its products; the company is committed to enhancing the natural resources and livelihoods of the areas and peop...
Nutritional benefits and environmental performance of dairy products
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New approaches are needed to assess in parallel the benefits and impacts of changes in the amount of dairy products in the US diet. Thus, we propose a framework to compare both nutritional/health b...
Climate Change on Global Food System: Strategy to Feed 9 Billion People
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Increasing population, modernized diet, and climate change will impose various pressures on global food systems - from agricultural production to nutrition consumption - for the next decades. On th...
Charting the Course for Sustainability at Aurora Organic Dairy – Phase III: Developing a Prototype Corporate Sustainability Report
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Aurora Organic Dairy is a leading national provider of organic milk with dairy farms in Colorado and Texas and over 50,000 acres of organic feed production in several states. Through its unique ver...
Improving the Environmental Sustainability of Shrimp Aquaculture Systems through Microbial Resource Management
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Aquaculture is the fastest growing food production system in the world and shrimp is currently the most popular seafood in the USA. Like all food production systems, shrimp production needs to inte...
US Fluid Milk beyond Carbon LCA Study
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Context
As part of its commitment to sustainability and environmental leadership, Dairy Management Inc. has decided to commission and conduct a life cycle assessment (LCA) of the dairy fluid milk...