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Table 3 CO 2 equivalent emissions, land use and water use for local civic and industrial production in Western Sydney per 1 kg of chicken or lettuce production

From: Potential environmental and population health impacts of local urban food systems under climate change: a life cycle analysis case study of lettuce and chicken

Production

CO2equivalent (kg)

Land use (hectare-years)

Water use (m3)

Chicken

Civic producer 1

7.7

0.005

0.17

Civic producer 2

4.0

0.003

0.32

Industrial

2.6

0.001

0.18

Lettuce

Civic producer 1

0.25

4.0E-06

0.004

Civic producer 2

0.08

1.4E-05

0.004

Industrial

0.32

2.0E-05

0.072