Circular Food Economy

Global Visioneering Subdomains
#1

@crointel brought this up in the Reducing Food Waste discussion, and that reminded me we did a whole Circular Food Economy Prize Design. That culminated in a prize design for food packaging. Here I’d like to return to the idea of a circular economy of food as a potential Global Visioneering subdomain.

That could include:

  • An inclusive and equitable food system: Shaped through, for, and by its diversity, empowering and empowered through the system as a whole
  • A regenerative and resilient food system: Dynamic and responsive through space and time, non-exploitative to increase quality and enable continuous evolution within a balanced and cyclical system
  • A nourishing and desirable food system: Provides viable, energizing, fulfilling, balanced and healthy food-related experiences anchored in culture and identity, enabling communities to thrive in a world of shared abundance

Or should each of these be considered subdomains in themselves, and is “circular food economy” too broad?

@nmgraham, @barbswartzentruber, @neillk, @Ethan - you might have thoughts on this.

(For more on the context to this discussion, check out About Global Visioneering.)

#2

The term “circular food economy” does sound broad, but the three principles seem interdependent. For example, an inclusive food system that produces and distributes unpalatable food may make no sense.

#3

Only the second one sounds germane to the topic.