Net zero in chicken production requires more than feed

Chicken companies will need to focus on more than just improvements in feed sustainability to achieve net zero greenhouse gas pledges. “There’s an interesting thing happening in corporate sustainability right now when it comes to agriculture, which is that there’s a lot of companies setting targets towards net zero. This is a very ambitious thing and I think a worthwhile thing to do, but there are some challenges,” Ben Putman, LCA manager, agriculture, Aligned Incentives, said. “Looking historically at how the chicken industry has achieved improvements and significant gains over time in sustainability, I think the things that have gotten us to this point are going to be different than the things that are going to get us the rest of the way.” Read more