Brown-Forman's whiskey production requires an estimated 1119,000 tones of barley using 13,000 ha

Environmental Impacts from Material Sourcing

Written by
Vidhi G. Sep 8th, 2023
Reviewed by
Alice A.

Due to the high consumption of alcohol in society, the natural materials for production, such as grains, have to be produced on a large scale1. Barley is the world's fourth most-produced cereal, with 48.9 million hectares cultivated worldwide in 2...

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Environmental Impacts from Material Sourcing

Written by
Vidhi G. Sep 8th, 2023
Reviewed by
Alice A.

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