> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://daniel-soto.gitbook.io/ets/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://daniel-soto.gitbook.io/ets/carbon-plans/food.md).

# Food

## Life Cycle Analysis

A technique that estimates the impacts of a good or service looking at the entire life span of the product from creation to disposal or recycling.

For example, our transportation examples look at fuel use but we haven't considered the energy to make the material for the car or the energy to assemble the car.

## Resources

[University of Michigan Carbon Footprint Factsheet](http://css.umich.edu/factsheets/carbon-footprint-factsheet)

[Environmental Working Group](http://static.ewg.org/reports/2011/meateaters/pdf/methodology_ewg_meat_eaters_guide_to_health_and_climate_2011.pdf)

[Shrink That Footprint](http://shrinkthatfootprint.com/food-carbon-footprint-diet)