CBSI embraces collaboration and participation across expertise and disciplines. The Institute is open to ASABE members and non-members of other professional organizations.

The scope of our work is on the bioeconomy—the economic sector that produces and supplies food, feed, and fiber and bio-manufactures other products from biomass materials derived from agriculture, forestry, and aquaculture.

The goal of the Circular Bioeconomy Systems Institute (CBSI) is to support its members in creating a more sustainable, resilient, and environmentally friendly bioeconomy sector.  This sector must not only produce and supply food and other bioproducts but also must regenerate natural resources, minimize losses and wastes, and mitigate environmental impacts across bioproduct supply chains. Circular bioeconomy systems represent a shift away from the linear “take-make-dispose” model to a more circular and restorative approach.