date:Jun 12, 2012
affected porks environmental impact. Feed, water, energy, land and crop-nutrient resources needed to produce pork all things affecting porks footprint at the farm level were included in the model.
The study underscores just how much improvement farmers have made over the past half century, Boyd said. The pork industry has been very successful in significantly reducing its environmental impact and use of natural resources by nearly 50 percent across the board per 1,000 lbs. of pork produced, w