About
Through life cycle assessment and systems modeling, I explore the environmental impacts of food and agricultural systems and the potential for management and/or policy interventions to ameliorate them.
Details
Dr. Jasmine Dillon is an Assistant Professor in the Colorado State University Department of Soil & Crop Sciences. She uses life cycle assessment and systems modeling to investigate the connection between food system policy and agroecological impacts of farm/ranch management on the environmental, economic, and social aspects of sustainable livestock production. To do this, she collaborates in interdisciplinary teams to model the environmental impacts of agricultural systems for inclusion in integrated assessment models. Her recent work includes evaluating the role of soil carbon sequestration in livestock carbon footprints, environmental and nutritional assessment of plant-based foods, potential environmental implications of Denver’s Good Food Purchasing Program, and developing a framework for conducting social LCA of rangeland beef production systems in the Northern Great Plains. In addition to research, Dr. Dillon teaches courses in life cycle assessment and sustainable livestock production and is co-developing regenerative agriculture curriculum at CSU. Prior to CSU, Dr. Dillon earned a B.S. and M.S. from Texas A&M University and a Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University.
Research Interests
life cycle assessment, system dynamics, food, agroecology, sustainable/regenerative agriculture, circular bio/economy, environment, sustainability
