... chain, including the growing of crops and livestock production, manufacture and application of agricultural inputs, processing, packaging, distribution and cold storage, preparing and serving, ... ‗life-cycle chain‘ analyses of eight different dairy production systems representing organic and conventional farms located in alpine, upland and lowland regions. Notably, and rather innovatively, ... organic matter and soil health including micro- and macro-fauna. In a study conducted on four farm sites over 2 years, indices of soil health, including earthworm abundance and biomass and soil microbial...