Instant Insights

<p>This book features five peer-reviewed reviews on developing a circular economy in agriculture.</p><p>The first chapter discusses the relationship between a circular economy and bioeconomy as they relate to agriculture as well as the key principles and challenges of circular closed-loop agricultural systems.</p><p>The second chapter introduces new approaches to food production and 'waste' management including the opportunity to partially close nutrient cycles in urban agricultural settings and the wider food system.</p><p>The third chapter provides a brief overview of the key principles of a circular economy and discusses how the advent of new alternatives to plastic food packaging can contribute to mitigating plastic waste and its environmental impact.</p><p>The fourth chapter discusses facility-based plant production systems such as plant factories and the importance of the circulation of materials in achieving a sustainable balance between food production and environmental protection.</p><p>The final chapter considers how regenerative urban agri-food systems can be built through a circular economy approach and provides examples of how this can be achieved as well as how novel natural resource networks can be created in circular food economies in urban areas.</p>