It is well known that, for some years now, Europe Union contemplate a system aimed at giving an environmental impact label to different no-food products, the so-called European Ecolabelling. It allows the consumers to easily identify “green” products and the producers to inform the consumers that their products are environment-friendly. More recently, at national states level, there is a growing interest toward a similar system also for the food chain. Internal traceability, that is the linking up of all inputs to outputs is, as far, a voluntary act. With the objective of getting the ecolabel of a farm produce (together with collecting data for a better management of the farm production processes) the implementation of an internal traceability system at farm level in the case of greenhouse vegetables cultivation has been considered. The traceability system is very simple at the moment: every greenhouse has been equipped with a sheet-card where each work and material input is reported. These data are then periodically collected, transferred and elaborated by a common “electronic-sheet” application. The collected data allow evaluating an impact indicator to the products and to the different inputs of the process. The analyzed vegetables are radish and basil, this last one grown either in summer or in winter. As environmental impact parameters we have used both energy cost and greenhouse effect like CO2 emissions equivalent. The obtained results for radish and basil indicate that regardless the cultivation technique, package and heating and lighting represent great part of environmental impact, as energy cost and CO2 emissions eq. Radish cultivated in greenhouse in summer, and packaged for supermarket has an energy cost of 10,6 MJ/kg, more than 55% due to package. For summer cultivation of basil, more than 90% of total energy cost, and CO2 emissions is due to package, with total energy cost of 48 MJ/kg. For winter cultivation of basil, heating and lighting represent more than 86% of total energy cost, packaging included, (368 MJ/kg), and more than 96% oftotal CO2 emissions eq. (22,7 kg/kg).

Farm internal traceability and eco-labeling to improve environment safety: the case of greenhouse vegetables / P. Spugnoli; F. Baldi; A. Parenti. - ELETTRONICO. - Innovation technology to empower safety health and welfare in agriculture and agro-food system:(2008), pp. 1-5. (Intervento presentato al convegno SHWA 2008 tenutosi a Ragusa nel September, 15-17).

Farm internal traceability and eco-labeling to improve environment safety: the case of greenhouse vegetables.

SPUGNOLI, PAOLO;BALDI, FABIO;PARENTI, ALESSANDRO
2008

Abstract

It is well known that, for some years now, Europe Union contemplate a system aimed at giving an environmental impact label to different no-food products, the so-called European Ecolabelling. It allows the consumers to easily identify “green” products and the producers to inform the consumers that their products are environment-friendly. More recently, at national states level, there is a growing interest toward a similar system also for the food chain. Internal traceability, that is the linking up of all inputs to outputs is, as far, a voluntary act. With the objective of getting the ecolabel of a farm produce (together with collecting data for a better management of the farm production processes) the implementation of an internal traceability system at farm level in the case of greenhouse vegetables cultivation has been considered. The traceability system is very simple at the moment: every greenhouse has been equipped with a sheet-card where each work and material input is reported. These data are then periodically collected, transferred and elaborated by a common “electronic-sheet” application. The collected data allow evaluating an impact indicator to the products and to the different inputs of the process. The analyzed vegetables are radish and basil, this last one grown either in summer or in winter. As environmental impact parameters we have used both energy cost and greenhouse effect like CO2 emissions equivalent. The obtained results for radish and basil indicate that regardless the cultivation technique, package and heating and lighting represent great part of environmental impact, as energy cost and CO2 emissions eq. Radish cultivated in greenhouse in summer, and packaged for supermarket has an energy cost of 10,6 MJ/kg, more than 55% due to package. For summer cultivation of basil, more than 90% of total energy cost, and CO2 emissions is due to package, with total energy cost of 48 MJ/kg. For winter cultivation of basil, heating and lighting represent more than 86% of total energy cost, packaging included, (368 MJ/kg), and more than 96% oftotal CO2 emissions eq. (22,7 kg/kg).
2008
SHWA 2008
Ragusa
September, 15-17
P. Spugnoli; F. Baldi; A. Parenti
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