Site Menu
Resources
Ecological and Environmental Impacts of Organic Dairies
- Resources
- Soils and Fertility
- Horticulture
- Field Crops
- Crop Rotation
- Pest Management
- Season Extension
- Seed Production and Plant Breeding
- Livestock
- Ecology and Environment
- Nutrition, Safety and Health of Organic Foods
- Post-harvest Handling, Storage and Processing
- Social Science
- Marketing and Economics
- Transition to Organic
- Canadian Organic Research Priorities
Practical Resources
- A Dairy Farm's Footprint: Evaluating the Impacts of Conventional and Organic Farming Systems [PDF - 1.3 MB]
- The Organic Center. 2010
- Shades of Green: Quantifying the Benefits of Organic Dairy Production [PDF - 862 kB]
- The Organic Center. 2009
Scientific Results
- Assessment of two modern milk farms (low input versus high external input) in Switzerland focused on sustainability and resilience criteria
- Organic Eprints. 2014
- Carbon footprints of organic dairying in six European countries—real farm data analysis
- Organic Agriculture (2015) 5: 91-100
- Comparing direct land use impacts on biodiversity of conventional and organic milk—based on a Swedish case study
- The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment (2014) 19: 52-68
- Comparing the environmental impacts of pasture-based and confinement-based dairy systems in Nova Scotia (Canada) using life cycle assessment
- International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability (2009) 7: 19-41
- The effect of feed demand on greenhouse gas emissions and farm profitability for organic and conventional dairy farms
- Journal of Dairy Science (2014) 97: 7564-7574
- Effect of feeding strategies and cropping systems on greenhouse gas emission from Wisconsin certified organic dairy farms
- Journal of Dairy Science (2017) 100: 5957-5973
- Energy Indicators for Organic Livestock Production: A Case Study from Andalusia, Southern Spain
- Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (2014) 38: 317-335
- Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (2014) 38: 317-335
- Greenhouse gas emissions from selected Austrian dairy production systems—model calculations considering the effects of land use change
- Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (2010) 25: 316-329
- Life cycle assessment of conventional and organic milk production in the Netherlands
- Agricultural Systems (2008) 96: 95-107
- Life cycle assessment of milk production - a comparison of conventional and organic farming
- Journal of Cleaner Production (2000) 8: 49-60
- Life Cycle Energy and Greenhouse Gas Analysis of a Large-Scale Vertically Integrated Organic Dairy in the United States
- Environmental Science & Technology (2011) 45: 1903-1910
- Parameters affecting the environmental impact of a range of dairy farming systems in Denmark, Germany and Italy
- Journal of Cleaner Production (2013) 54: 133-141
- Quantification of the effectiveness of greenhouse gas mitigation measures in Swiss organic milk production using a life cycle assessment approach
- Organic Eprints. 2014
- Replacing fossil energy for organic milk production – potential biomass sources and greenhouse gas emission reductions
- Journal of Cleaner Production (2015) 106: 400-407
- Sustainability of milk production in the Netherlands – A comparison between raw organic, pasteurised organic and conventional milk
- International Dairy Journal (2015) 47: 19-26
- Sustainability of US Organic Beef and Dairy Production Systems: Soil, Plant and Cattle Interactions
- Sustainability (2013) 5: 3009-3034
- Variations of energy intensities and potential for improvements in energy utilisation on conventional and organic Norwegian dairy farms
- Journal of Cleaner Production (2017) 164: 301-314
- Water footprint accounting and scarcity indicators of conventional and organic dairy production systems
- Journal of Cleaner Production (2015) 93: 299-307