Essays about: "food standards"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 97 essays containing the words food standards.

  1. 11. Low scores, high standards- a case study on Coop’s sustainability declaration

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Economics

    Author : Caroline Malthed; Tuva Wrenfelt; [2022]
    Keywords : Standard; retailer; Coop Sweden; small-scale producer; local food systems; supplier requirements; sustainable food products;

    Abstract : The earth's ecosystems are changing due to human activities, and it is urgent that we transform our way of living to avoid further negative effects on climate change. Food production has the single biggest impact on global environmental changes, since 21-37% of the world's total greenhouse gas emissions comes from the agricultural systems. READ MORE

  3. 12. What is the future of emission data? A study of environmental purchasing criteria in the heavy road freight transport industry in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Produktionsekonomi

    Author : Måns Kvarnfors; Magnus Åström; [2022]
    Keywords : emission data; purchasing; GHG emissions; road transport; Sweden; environmental purchasing; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Heavy road freight transports in Sweden are responsible for a significant portion of national greenhouse gas emissions. Earlier research has looked at the purchasing process of transports in a business-to-business context and established its importance for limiting environmental impact. READ MORE

  4. 13. “ESTAMOS ESQUECIDOS”A case study for capabilities in the perspective of small-scale vegetable producers in Southeastern Brazil

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Bruno de Paula; [2022]
    Keywords : Small-scale producers; rural poverty; wellbeing; collective action; peasantry; quality of life; capabilities; food security; food production; family farmers; São Paulo; Brazil;

    Abstract : Global food supply chains have drastically changed over the last decades. Whereas some international firms embedded in the international markets are on the cutting edge of food production processes and technology, small-scale producers do not always experience the same opportunity in accessing such global value chains. READ MORE

  5. 14. “Det var en prestation i dagens nu. Det får man tycka!” : en jämförande studie av skogsarbetarkockornas arbete i två olika delar av Norrland

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Olivia Forssén; Emma Stridsman; [2022]
    Keywords : skogshistoria; kocka; kvinnor i skogsbruk; Norrland; Norrbotten; Tornedalen; Västernorrland; Jämtland;

    Abstract : During the 1930’s, it was common for female forestry cooks to start cook and clean in the remote logging cabins. The forestry cooks improved the standard for the forest workers when they cooked healthy food and cleaned. READ MORE

  6. 15. Potential of waste-derived VFAs-bearing effluents as an external carbon source for MBBR denitrification of domestic wastewater

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

    Author : Seyed Reza Manafi Khosroshahi; [2022]
    Keywords : Volatile fatty acids; Denitrification; Wastewater treatment; Biological nutrient removal; Nitrate removal; Electron accepter; Carbon source; Electron doner; Moving bed biofilm reactor; Nanofiltration; VFA concentration; Discharge standards; Carriers; acclimatization; VFAs; MMBR; NF; WWTP; BNR;

    Abstract : In conventional wastewater treatment plants, methanol, ethanol, and acetate are used as carbon source for the denitrification process in the biological nutrient removal. However, growing concern regarding economical costs and carbon footprints from the fossil-based production of these chemicals have forced the companies to look for other alternatives. READ MORE