A circular, bio-based economy could provide the pathway to a sustainable future. Here we
present five ecological principles to guide biomass use towards a circular bioeconomy …

An overview is given on recent developments in insects as food and food by reviewing the
literature which has appeared during the last few years on edible insects. An outlook to the …

Many livestock and aquaculture feeds compete for resources with food production.
Increasing the use of food system by-products and residues as feed could reduce this …

During the last five years the scientific knowledge on insects as food and feed has been
growing exponentially. At the same time, the industrial sector is increasingly engaged in …

Redesigning the European food system on the basis of circularity principles could bring
environmental benefits for Europe and the world. Here we deploy a biophysical optimization …

We review 75 studies on the competition for biomass and production resources such as
land, water, labour and capital across food, feed and fuel production. We identified seven …

With the diminishing availability of farmland, climate change and the threat of declining
water resources, livestock needs to meet the growing demand for food and feed by using …

It is not known whether dietary guidelines proposing a limited intake of animal protein are
compatible with the adoption of circular food systems. Using a resource-allocation model …

If we use farm animals for what they are good at-converting by-products from the food
system and grass resources into valuable food and manure-they can contribute significantly …

Each year, the food supply chain produces more than 1.3 billion tons of food and agricultural
waste, which poses serious environmental problems. The loss of the massive quantity of …