Researchers at the University of Arkansas are conducting a lifecycle analysis of the beef industry—an in-depth look at all the factors that go into producing beef products—in order to identify ways the industry can increase sustainability and to assess how much the industry has improved over the past decade.
“Beef production is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions,” said Marty Matlock, executive director of the University of Arkansas Office of Sustainability. “Increasing the sustainability of this process could have a significant impact on climate change.”