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Circular economy for food (CE) and food policies (FP) are two emerging but already prominent research areas, particularly when talking about the cities of the future. This paper analyzes the dynamics between these two fields of research, starting from review articles and the analysis of a case study, underlying the fundaments that FP and CE share. In particular, this paper focuses on using circular economy (CE) indicators and strategies to shape urban food policies (FP) to create a new business and political model towards sustainability. It introduces four converging perspectives, emerging from the literature, and analyzes how they have been integrated in the case study RePoPP (Re-design Project of Organic waste in Porta Palazzo market), a circular project born from the FP of the City of Turin (Italy). RePoPP is indeed a multi-actor project of urban circular food policies against food waste, which demonstrates how a circular approach can be the turning point in the creation of new food policies. This article wants to define for the first time a new research framework called “circular economy for food policy”, along with its characteristics: the application of a systemic approach and CE to problems and solutions, the need for a transdisciplinary and integrated project design for the 9R (responsibility, react, reduce, reuse, re-design, repair, recover, recycle, and rot), the use of food as a pivot of cross-sectoral change, and a new form of collaborative and integrated governance.
Franco Fassio; Bianca Minotti. Circular Economy for Food Policy: The Case of the RePoPP Project in The City of Turin (Italy). Sustainability 2019, 11, 6078 .
AMA StyleFranco Fassio, Bianca Minotti. Circular Economy for Food Policy: The Case of the RePoPP Project in The City of Turin (Italy). Sustainability. 2019; 11 (21):6078.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFranco Fassio; Bianca Minotti. 2019. "Circular Economy for Food Policy: The Case of the RePoPP Project in The City of Turin (Italy)." Sustainability 11, no. 21: 6078.
While the Circular Economy is widely championed by academics, companies, and politicians, its implementation is still an open issue. Its applications reveal a split between theory and practice. This break makes it difficult to pinpoint how coherent practices are with the original concept and how to understand the purpose of the actions and assess the results’ effectiveness. This is immediate when we consider the complexity of food. This paper aims to provide further insight on the applications and spill over of the circular economy into the food system. Through the systemic analysis of case histories, the research evaluates the effects of 40 circular economy actions in their relationship with Sustainable Development Goals, by assessing how they have been able to integrate and balance the economic, social, and environmentally sustainable development’s dimensions into the food system. What emerges is that food can be a fertile ground for the implementation of a circular economy’s principle and could also provide support in understanding its evolution and adjusting its objectives accordingly. Food is strategic and could be a perfect field for testing a new approach to raw material and waste and for the development of a new context of inquiry, defined as “Circular Economy for Food”.
Franco Fassio; Nadia Tecco. Circular Economy for Food: A Systemic Interpretation of 40 Case Histories in the Food System in Their Relationships with SDGs. Systems 2019, 7, 43 .
AMA StyleFranco Fassio, Nadia Tecco. Circular Economy for Food: A Systemic Interpretation of 40 Case Histories in the Food System in Their Relationships with SDGs. Systems. 2019; 7 (3):43.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFranco Fassio; Nadia Tecco. 2019. "Circular Economy for Food: A Systemic Interpretation of 40 Case Histories in the Food System in Their Relationships with SDGs." Systems 7, no. 3: 43.
Systemic Food Design.it is a website that applies the guiding principles of Systemic Design to the food world: a production system in which every choice leads to consequences, effects and the creation of value relationships, with both the territory and the community. When we speak about food quality, we enter into a concept definition that is multi-faceted in its very nature. Systemic Food Design attempts to speak of the concept of the production and commercialisation of products and services in a practical way, throughout the supply chain, in order to teach new generations to recognise “system quality”. The site aims to recognise the efforts of companies and small and medium producers towards a new concept of Good, Clean and Fair quality (Petrini C., 2005), where the importance of sustainability of content goes hand in hand with that of its container.
Franco Fassio. Systemic Food Design.it A website that narrates food supply chains from a systemic perspective. The Design Journal 2017, 20, S1355 -S1366.
AMA StyleFranco Fassio. Systemic Food Design.it A website that narrates food supply chains from a systemic perspective. The Design Journal. 2017; 20 (sup1):S1355-S1366.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFranco Fassio. 2017. "Systemic Food Design.it A website that narrates food supply chains from a systemic perspective." The Design Journal 20, no. sup1: S1355-S1366.
This article offers insight into the dynamics of a “food system event,” as well as possible concrete measures to make it a catalyst for sustainability. The case study concerns one of the most important international food events in Italy, the Terra Madre Salone del Gusto. A food event is an ecosystem whose behaviors, habits, creativity, and opportunity reflect the organization of the system and its message. A “sustainable food event” should also be a “food event designed in a sustainable way.” The article focuses on the changes that need to occur in the design and management of food events as systems in order to balance natural resource use and reduced environmental impact with the needs of production, economic viability, and social well-being. Through the application of systemic design, the article shows how it is possible to design an event whose life cycle transcends its limited duration in time in order to translate its sustainable action into simple, daily acts.
Franco Fassio. Food events as complex cultural systems for territorial reconnection: the case study of Terra Madre Salone Del Gusto. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 2017, 41, 907 -920.
AMA StyleFranco Fassio. Food events as complex cultural systems for territorial reconnection: the case study of Terra Madre Salone Del Gusto. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. 2017; 41 (8):907-920.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFranco Fassio. 2017. "Food events as complex cultural systems for territorial reconnection: the case study of Terra Madre Salone Del Gusto." Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 41, no. 8: 907-920.
We suggest a new innovativ approach to sustainable production of energy and food. We also offer concrete policies for addressing a range of problems and difficulties associated with our current production mode
Silvia Barbero; Franco Fassio. Energy and food production with a systemic approach. Environmental Quality Management 2011, 21, 57 -74.
AMA StyleSilvia Barbero, Franco Fassio. Energy and food production with a systemic approach. Environmental Quality Management. 2011; 21 (2):57-74.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSilvia Barbero; Franco Fassio. 2011. "Energy and food production with a systemic approach." Environmental Quality Management 21, no. 2: 57-74.