{"id":1973,"date":"2016-06-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/2018\/02\/01\/innovation-anthology-788\/"},"modified":"2018-05-10T20:00:09","modified_gmt":"2018-05-10T20:00:09","slug":"innovation-anthology-788","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/2016\/06\/09\/innovation-anthology-788\/","title":{"rendered":"#788: Beef &#038; Biodiversity: Life Cycle Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/innovationanthology.com\/uploads\/Innovation Anthology 788.mp3\">Download MP3 Link<\/a><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n<!--\n \/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Arial;\n\tpanose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:-536859905 -1073711037 9 0 511 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:\"\uff2d\uff33 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<\/span><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n\n\n<font size=\"2\">  <\/font>\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Arial\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n\n\n<font size=\"2\">  <\/font>\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Arial\">She&rsquo;s an environmental engineer, architect, and city planner with a background in life cycle analysis.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n\n\n<font size=\"2\">  <\/font>\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Arial\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n\n\n<font size=\"2\">  <\/font>\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Arial\">Dr. de Souza is one of many researchers involved a multi-agency project assessing the impact of Alberta&rsquo;s Beef industry on biodiversity.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n\n\n<font size=\"2\">  <\/font>\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Arial\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n\n\n<font size=\"2\">  <\/font>\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Arial\">Her role is to develop a framework for an environmental life cycle Assessment of beef production<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n\n\n<font size=\"2\">  <\/font>\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Arial\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n\n\n<font size=\"2\">  <\/font>\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"tab-stops:1.0cm\"><font size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&#10;Arial\">DR DANIELLE MAIA DE SOUZA:<\/span><\/span><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp;<font size=\"1\"> <\/font><\/span><\/span><\/span><font size=\"1\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial\">So what we do in life cycle assessment is that we look at the product chain, so in that case, that <span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp;<\/span>would be beef production.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>So from the extraction of raw materials until let&rsquo;s say the consumer&rsquo;s table.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span><span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>Then we are going associate all the environmental impacts related from the extraction of raw materials, so let&rsquo;s say, harvesting to supply feed, accounting for transportation impacts, impacts on land, impacts on eutraphication, for example, until the final consumption of that product, meat.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n\n\n<font size=\"2\">  <\/font>\n\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Arial\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n\n\n<font 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