Around the world, interest is growing in the circular economy in response to the current
unsustainable model of production and consumption based on increased use and depletion …

Background Food loss and waste over-uses natural resources and is responsible for a
considerable share of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Moreover, increasing food prices …

This study is aimed at evaluating the relative influence of socio-demographic and
psychological features that rule the extent to which consumers engage in the circular …

The agricultural sector faces various challenges and barriers in transitioning from linear
resource consumption to a circular economy. Based on the literature, four key areas of …

Organic farming is functionally integrated and serves as the foundation for circular
agriculture. It guarantees resource efficiency in the deployment of nature-based initiatives to …

A sustainable bio-economy requires that by-products and side-streams in agricultural and
food production are reinserted into the value cycle, a concept also called valorisation or …

Upcycled foods contain unmarketable ingredients (eg, damaged food produce, by-products
and scraps from food preparation) that otherwise would not be directed for human …

Social networks both negatively and positively affect a consumer's behaviour and
awareness of sustainable consumption. This research aims to interpret the multifaceted …

Background Global strategies promoting healthy diets have rarely succeeded because of
the resistance posed to the modification of consumers' preferences. In this scenario, the …

Nowadays, there is a growing interest to add value to food industry by-products and
incorporate them as new ingredients for novel food products. However, there is very little …