2015
SESDE 2015 Proceeding
Mushroom cultivation process, agaricus bisporus variety: comparison between traditional and climate controlled cultivation and identification of environmental impacts of the production processes
Authors: F.J. Leiva-Lázaro, J. Blanco-Fernández, E. Martínez-Cámara, J.I. Latorre-Biel, E. Jiménez-Macías
Abstract
Originally mushroom cultivation was carried out in caves that have gradually been replaced by climate controlled chambers, to control climatic conditions, requiring only energy consumption and cooling systems. This paper presents a ?cradle-to-gate? live cycle assessment (LCA) study of the process of mushrooms cultivation of the Agaricus bisporus variety. This study is based on real data gathered from a growing plant throughout a year, in order to provide accurate information of the environmental impact of various activities that is composed the production process. A comparison of two types of cultivation processes is performed traditional cultivation and climate-controlled cultivation. A general analysis of the main stages of the production process reveals a greater impact on the climate controlled cultivation process than in the traditional cultivation process.
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