Horizon Organic details its milk’s carbon footprint
Horizon Organic, the largest USDA certified organic dairy brand in the world, announced in March 2020 that it was going to make its entire supply chain carbon positive—meaning it consumes more carbon than it discharges—by 2025.
Recently, the company reported the results of a cradle-to-grave Life Cycle Assessment that analyzed the environmental impacts associated with producing half a gallon of whole milk. Historically, research on food production only looked at local ecological effects, such as manure runoff, according to the report, Horizon Organic Milk carbon footprint and summary Life Cycle Assessment results. But studying the cumulative environmental effects of food systems by both resources used and emissions released supports a global approach to environmental management, the report says.
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