In contrast to the current, linear, mechanistic and depletive food system we now have, the Circular Economy of Food proposes a more complex adaptive food system which is regenerative by design- through its positive ecosystem, social, and economic impacts. The Circular Economy of Food offers an alternative paradigm, an alternative future of abundance.
In a Circular Economy of Food, everything we eat and drink is designed using insights from living systems, which are inherently nonlinear, adaptive and regenerative. A key insight from natural living systems is “waste equals food,” which in a Circular Economy of Food is achieved by designing food fit to circulate as biological nutrients, to cascade and re-enter any bio cycle safely and entirely (using insights like benign chemistry). The continuous, positive development cycle preserves and enhances natural and social capital, ensuring the systems regenerative nature.