03229naa a2200325 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902200240006002400260008410000200011024502030013026000090033350006390034252015750098165300290255665300170258565300130260265300240261565300190263965300140265870000180267270000160269070000150270670000170272170000140273870000220275270000190277470000180279377300920281110641862023-06-12       2023    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d  a2048-3694 (online).7 a10.1002/fes3.4802DOI1 aMCAULIFFE, G.A.  aA commentary on key methodological developments related to nutritional life cycle assessment (nLCA) generated throughout a 6-year strategic scientific programme. (Commentary).h[electronic resource]  c2023  aArticle history: Received 1 March 2023; Accepted 31 May 2023; Version of Record online 09 June 2023. -- Correspondence: G. A. McAuliffe, Net Zero and Resilient Farming, Rothamsted Research, Okehampton, UK. Email: gm.scienceprofile@gmail.com -- Funding: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences (BBSRC) via a Scientific Initiative Catalyst Fund (SICA); UK Government's Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs 'LCA Food Basket Project'; Soil to Nutrition (S2N) -BBSRC, Grant/Award Number: BBS/E/C/000I0320 and BBS/E/C/000I0330; Doctoral Fellowship under National Agency of Research, Grant/Award Number: MOV_CA_2021_1_171482. --  aRothamsted Research (RRes) is the world's oldest agricultural research centre, notable for the development of the first synthetic fertilizer (superphosphate) and long-term farming experiments (LTEs) spanning over 170?years. In 2015, RRes recruited several life cycle assessment (LCA) experts and began adopting the method to utilize high resolution agronomical data covering livestock (primarily ruminants), grassland/forage productivity and quality, and arable systems established on its North Wyke Farm Platform (NWFP) and the LTEs. The NWFP is a UK 'National Bioscience Research Infrastructure' (NBRI) developed for informing and testing systems science utilising high-resolution data to determine whether it is possible to produce nutritious food sustainably. Thanks largely to the multidisciplinary knowledge at RRes, and its collaborators, its LCA Team has been at the forefront of methodological advances during a 6-year Institute Strategic Programme (ISP) 'Soil-to-Nutrition' (S2N). While S2N investigated the co-benefits and trade-offs of new mechanistic understanding of efficient nutrient use across scales from pot to landscape, this commentary specifically synthesizes progress in incorporating human nutrition in the context of environmental footprinting, known as 'nutritional LCA' (nLCA). We conclude our commentary with a brief discussion on future pathways of exploration and methodological developments covering various activities along entire agri-food supply-chains.  © 2023 The Authors. Food and Energy Security published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.  aEnvironmental footprints  aFood systems  aNet zero  aNutritional science  aSustainability  aSynthesis1 aTAKAHASHI, T.1 aLEE, M.R.F.1 aJEBARI, A.1 aCARDENAS, L.1 aKUMAR, A.1 aPEREYRA GODAY, F.1 aSCALABRINO, H.1 aCOLLINS, A.L.  tFood and Energy Security, 2023, e480. https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.480  -- OPEN ACCESS.