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DOI	10.1007/s43621-024-00253-y
	US beef producer perspectives on sustainable beef and implications for sustainability transitions
	Smith, Ada P.; Metcalf, Alexander L.; Metcalf, Elizabeth Covelli; Yung, Laurie; Swinger, Brenna; Cummins, Tina M.; Chaffin, Brian C.; Shuver, Austin; Slattery, Drew
发表日期	2024
EISSN	2662-9984
起始页码	5
结束页码	1
卷号	5 期号:1
英文摘要	Beef production systems are at the center of ongoing discussion and debate on food systems sustainability. There is a growing interest among beef producers, consumers, and other beef supply chain stakeholders in achieving greater sustainability within the industry, but the relationship of this interest to general sustainability issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, food security, livelihood risks, and animal welfare concerns is unclear. Specifically, there is very little research documenting how beef producers define and view the concept of sustainability and how to achieve it. Producer perspectives are critical to identifying constraints to sustainability transitions or to help build agreement with other producers about the shared values such transitions may support. Through a secondary analysis of survey data of U.S. beef producers (n = 911) conducted in 2021 by the Trust in Food division of Farm Journal, a corporation that provides content, data, and business insights to the agricultural community (e.g., producers, processors/distributors, and retailers), we investigated what sustainable beef means to U.S. beef producers, highlighting the key components and constraints they perceive to achieving desirable sustainability outcomes. Leveraging the three-pillar model of sustainability as a framework for analysis, we identified key themes producers use to define sustainable beef. We found that producers collectively viewed sustainability as: (1) multidimensional and interconnected; (2) semi-closed and regenerative; (3) long-lasting; and (4) producer-centered, although an integrated perspective uniting these aspects was rare. We discuss how these perspectives may be the basis for sustainability efforts supported by producers and raise future research considerations toward a shared understanding of what sustainability is and what is needed for enduring sustainability solutions in the U.S. beef industry.
英文关键词	Sustainability; Beef production; Cattle industry; Three-pillar model
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
WOS类目	Green & Sustainable Science & Technology ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies
WOS记录号	WOS:001222622000002
来源期刊	DISCOVER SUSTAINABILITY
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/302089
作者单位	University of Montana System; University of Montana
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Smith, Ada P.,Metcalf, Alexander L.,Metcalf, Elizabeth Covelli,et al. US beef producer perspectives on sustainable beef and implications for sustainability transitions[J],2024,5(1).
APA	Smith, Ada P..,Metcalf, Alexander L..,Metcalf, Elizabeth Covelli.,Yung, Laurie.,Swinger, Brenna.,...&Slattery, Drew.(2024).US beef producer perspectives on sustainable beef and implications for sustainability transitions.DISCOVER SUSTAINABILITY,5(1).
MLA	Smith, Ada P.,et al."US beef producer perspectives on sustainable beef and implications for sustainability transitions".DISCOVER SUSTAINABILITY 5.1(2024).