Jan 11, 2019, 10:00am - 11:00am
Deadline:
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Dr. Sara Place will clarify fact from fiction and highlight the complexity of a sustainable food system. Topics will include greenhouse gas emissions, upcycling, ecosystem services, and land use.
Dr. Place is the Senior Director of Sustainable Beef Production Research at National Cattlemen's Beef Association. She oversees the Beef Checkoff funded sustainability program, including using life cycle assessment to benchmark the US beef industry's sustainability.