Assessing food system circularity at different scales

The aim of our project is to develop and test a food system framework that can be applied to assess circularity of use of nutrients, biomass, water, energy and land.

The assessment framework then has a second tier, shown in the four coloured boxes, that aims to capture if the proposed circular food system has trade offs, or is beneficial to, environmental and socio-economic outcomes, and how it caters to the needs of different cultures in associated communities and supply chains.

The focus of my talk is on the black box, circular resource use. But in the project, we will be testing the whole framework on 3 case studies.