Our Motivations
- Feeding 10 billion people sustainably by 2050 requires >50% increase in food production
- Current agri-food production demands significant natural resource inputs
- Food system is responsible for approximately 1/3 of total anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
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Our Approaches
- Life-cycle assessment (LCA): evaluation of all inputs, outputs, and the potential environmental impacts of a product system throughout its life cycle. LCA can assist in identifying opportunities to improve environmental performance of product and decision-making process for industry.
- Technoeconomic analysis (TEA): evaluation of economic performance of a technology or process.TEA can assist in
- Machine-learning based life-cycle sustainability assessment: leveraging machine learning in food sustainability assessment provides a data-driven and efficient approach to address multifaceted challenges of agri-food systems.
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Research Projects
Integrating environmental, economic, and societal metrics to assess the sustainability of plant-based foods in a holistic approach. Funding agency: USDA.
Exploring strategies to improve environmental sustainability of protein foods. Funding agency: NCSU Animal Health & Nutrition Consortium.
Sustainability assessment of food industry. Funding agency: Alamance Foods.
Identifying cost-effective food waste utilization pathways. Funding agency: CAPPS; US Department of Energy.