Highlights•WEF issues: Lake Winnipeg (nutrients); Yellow River (sediments); India
(groundwater).•Effects of national incoherence in W–E–F policies as great as transboundary …

Circular economy (CE) offers a pathway towards sustainable, closed-loop resource systems,
but widespread adoption across industrial sectors is limited by fragmented knowledge and …

Abstract Changes in diet have been proposed as one way to reduce carbon emissions from
the food system. But evidence on the implications of changing to low carbon food choices for …

Significant quantities of edible produce are lost at the farm level. Amidst growing concern
about the environmental impacts of food loss and waste, advocates have invested in …

We carried out a life cycle assessment to model the potential for alternative household
vegetable gardens (AHHVGs) to mitigate global climate change by reducing greenhouse …

Water, energy, and food are interrelated and critical resources for human well‐being and
environmental goals. Single‐sector national strategies that focus on individual sectors of the …

Our food and farming system is not socially, economically or ecologically sustainable. Many
of the ills are a result of market competition driving specialization and linear production …

Energy consumption in the food supply chain (FSC) of modern societies represents a major
problem given decreasing supplies of fossil fuel resources, climate change concerns, and …

Using existing literature and a modified lifecycle assessment (LCA) approach, we analyzed
production, processing, distribution, and cooling stages of food production. Looking at a …

Within food supply chains, attention is paid to the significant energy consumption at the farm
gate level. In agricultural production, the energy intensity of animal production is much …