The nitrogen footprint of organic food in the United States

The nitrogen footprint of organic food in the United States

We estimated the reactive nitrogen (Nr) lost per unit food Nr consumed for organic food production in the United States and compared it to conventional production. We used a nitrogen footprint model approach, which accounts for both differences in Nr losses as well as differences in productivity of...

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Main Authors: Laura Cattell Noll, Allison M Leach, Verena Seufert, James N Galloway, Brooke Atwell, Jan Willem Erisman, Jessica Shade
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2020-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
nitrogen
organic agriculture
environmental footprints
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab7029

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab7029

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