Publications

Publications, Presentations, Reports, and Magazine Features

2026:

Circular Bioeconomy Systems Roadmap Team. 2026. From Linear to Circular: Charting a New Course for the Bioeconomy. Resource Magazine, July/August 2026, p. 4. Download Here. Related: Circular Bioeconomy Systems Roadmap.

Guthrie, M. 2026. Circularity in the Collagen Industry. Resource Magazine, May/June 2026. Download Here.

2024:

Khanna, M., Zilberman, D., Hochmuth, G., and Basso, B. 2024. An economic perspective of the circular bioeconomy in the food and agricultural sector. Communications Earth & Environment 5, 507 (2024). Download Here.

Cundiff, J., Grisso, B., and Webb, E. 2024. Adapting Feedstock Supply Chains for Regional Biorefineries. ASABE Resource Mar/April 2024, pp 8-11. Download Here.

2023:

Moreira, S., G. Hoogenboom, M.R. Nunes, A.D. Martin-Ryals, and P. Sanchez. 2023. Circular agriculture increases food production and can reduce N fertilizer use of commercial farms for tropical environments. Science of the Total Environment, 879 (2023). Download Here.

Ferraz, D., and Pyka, A. 2023. Circular economy, bioeconomy, and sustainable development goals: a systematic literature review. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. Download Here.

Jones, J. W., Verma, B. P., Reid, J., and Fasina, O. ASABE’s Circular Bioeconomy Systems Institute: A Brief History and Recent Developments. 2023. Nov-Dec 2023 ASABE Resource, pp 6-10. Download Here.

Modenbach, A. 2023. Embracing Circularity: Lessons from the 2023 ASABE Circular Bioeconomy Systems Day. Nov-Dec 2023 ASABE Resource, pp 10-13. Download Here.

Harriott, B. 2023. From My View, Things are Looking Up! Nov-Dec 2023 ASABE Resource, pp 30-31. Download Here.

Harchaoui, S., Blazy, V., P´echenart, E., Wilfart, A. 2023. Challenges and opportunities for improving circularity in the poultry meat and egg sector: The case of France. Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 193 (2023). Download Here.

Moreira, S. G., Hoogenboom, G., Nunes, M. R., and Sanchez, P. A. 2023. Circular agriculture practices enhance phosphorus recovery for large-scale commercial farms under tropical conditions. The Journal of Agricultural Science, 1-15. Download Here.

Special Issue on Circular Food and Agricultural Systems. Migliaccio, K. W., Jones, J. W., and Verma B. P. (Eds.). Access all papers in the special issue (Open Access): Download Here.

Selected papers from the special issue:

Migliaccio, K. W., Jones, J. W., and Verma B. P. 2023. Perspectives on transforming the bioeconomy toward circular systems. J. of ASABE. Download Here.

Morton, L. W., Shea, E. 2023. Frontier: Beyond productivity—recreating the circles of life to deliver multiple benefits with circular systems. J. of ASABE. Download Here.

Adedeji, A. A. 2023. Agri-food waste reduction and utilization: A sustainability perspective. J. of ASABE. Download Here.

Lower, L., Cunniffe, J., Cheng, J. J., Sagues, W. J. 2023. Coupling circularity with carbon negativity in food and agriculture systems. J. of ASABE. Download Here.

Miller, R. K., Yortsos, Y. C. 2023. Perspective: Preparing leaders to engineer sustainability and resilience across the food chain through the Grand Challenges Scholars Program. J. of ASABE. Download Here.

Herbstritt, S. M., Fathel, S. L., Reinford, R., Richard, T. L. 2023. Waste to worth: A case study of the biogas circular economy in Pennsylvania. J. of ASABE. Download Here.

Boz, Z., Martin-Ryals, A. 2023. The role of digitalization in facilitating circular economy. J. of ASABE. Download Here.

Carmen Azzaretti, C., Schimelpfenig, G. 2023. Perspective: Benchmarking opportunities can contribute to circular food systems in controlled environment agriculture. J. of ASABE. Download Here.

2022:

Venkatesh, G. 2022. Circular Bio-economy—Paradigm for the Future: Systematic Review of Scientific Journal Publications from 2015 to 2021. Circular Economy and Sustainability 2:231–279. Download Here.

Dooley, J. 2022. How Baling Enables the Bioeconomy. ASABE Resource Mar/April 2022 pp 4-8. Download Here.

Wegloop, O. 2022. KIPSTER: Achieving Circularity in Egg Farming. ASABE Resource Mar/April 2022 pp 9-13. Download Here.

2021:

Basso, B., Jones, J. W., Antle, J., Martinez-Feria, R., and Verma, B. 2021. Circularity in Grain Production Systems with Novel Technologies. Agricultural Systems, 193 (2021). Download Here.

ASABE Resource Special Issue on Transforming Food and Agriculture to Circular Systems. Download the full issue Here. Articles in the special issue are:

Nokes, S., and Jones, J. W. 2021. First Word: Transforming Food and Agriculture to Circular Systems: ASABE’s National Priority. ASABE Resource March/April issue, pp 4-6. Download Here.

Jones, J., Verma, B., Basso, B., Mohtar, R. and Matlock, M. 2021. Transforming Food and Agriculture to Circular Systems: A Perspective for 2050. ASABE Resource March/April issue, pp 7-9. Download Here.

Basso, B., Jones, J., Richard, T., Sukup, C., Verma, L., Matlock, M., Mohtar, R. Herbstritt, S., and Martinez-Feria, R. 2021. Designing Circularity into Corn-Soybean Systems. ASABE Resource March/April issue, pp 10-14. Download Here.

Migliaccio, K. Stockle, C., Boz, Z., Li, C., Herbstritt, S., and Morgan, K. 2021. Circular Open-Field Systems for Fresh-Market Tomatoes. ASABE Resource March/April issue, pp 15-18. Download Here.

Scott, N., and Ting, K. C. 2021 Controlled Biology-Based Indoor Circular Food Systems. ASABE Resource March/April issue, pp 19-24. Download Here.

Ting, K. C., Scott, N., and Mohtar, R. 2021 Circular Controlled-Environment Plant Production Systems. ASABE Resource March/April issue, pp 25-29. Download Here.

Riley, M., Green-Miller, A. Wolfe, M. L., Garcia-Perez, M. Howell, T., and Nokes, S. 2021. Circular Systems for Animal Production and Processing. ASABE Resource March/April issue, pp 30-33. Download Here.

Green-Miller, A., Riley, M. Wolfe, M. L., Engler, C., Garcia-Perez, M. Howell, T., and Nokes, S. 2021. Opportunities for Circular Pork Supply Chains. ASABE Resource March/April issue, pp 34-37. Download Here.

Verma, B., and Jones, J. (Guest Editors). 2021. Last Word: From Linear to Circular, an Ambitious but Necessary Goal. ASABE Resource March/April issue, pp 38-39. Download Here.

Verma, B. P., Jones, J. W., Migliaccio, K, Moody, L., and Madramootoo, C. A. 2021. The TFACS Initiative: Transforming Food and Agriculture to Circular Systems – Envisioning Multi-Society Objectives and Initiatives. Nov.-Dec Issue, pp 15-19. Download Here.

2020:

Jones, J. W., Verma, B. P., Nokes, S., Verma, L., Zazueta, F., and Rider, A. 2020. Toward Circular Food and Agricultural Systems. May-June ASABE Resource issue, pp 15-17. Download Here.

1975:

Bower, B. 1975. Studies of Residuals Management in Industry. In: Economic Analysis of Environmental Problems, (E. S. Mills, ed.) pp 275-324. Published by National Bureau of Economic Research. Download Here.

Presentations

Below is a list of presentations made in the past on various aspects of Circular Bioeconomy Systems. The list also includes names and institutions of those who gave the presentations and links to websites to view the presentations.

2024

Framing the Future of our Food System in the Era of Climate Change. Presented by R. Paul Singh, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of the University of California Davis to the University of Otago, New Zealand. Presented on July 12, 2024 as an invited Harraways Visiting Professor Public Lecture. Watch Here.

Valorizing Biomass Residues for Industrial De-Carbonization. Presented by Anurag Mandalika, Center for Energy Studies, Louisiana State University. Moderated by Alicia Modenbach (University of Kentucky). Presented on May 23, 2024 at the ASABE Member Hour CBSI Webinar Series. Watch Here.

Processing our way towards a Circular Bioeconomy. Presented by Sharvari Raut (NETZCH Grinding and Dispersing Germany); Moderated by Alicia Modenbach (University of Kentucky). Presented on May 9, 2024 at the ASABE Member Hour CBSI Webinar Series. Watch Here.

CBSI: Structure, Functions, and Future Outlook. Presented by John Reid (University of Illinois) and Brahm Verma (University of Georgia); Moderated by Alicia Modenbach (University of Kentucky). Presented on April 30, 2024 at the ASABE Member Hour CBSI Webinar Series. Watch Here.

2023

Circular Controlled Environment Agriculture Systems as Circular Bioeconomy Systems. Presented by James W. Jones (University of Florida), Brahm P. Verma (University of Georgia), and KC Ting University of Illinois). A Growth Chambers and Controlled Environments Professional Interest Group Webinar. in the American Society for Horticultural Science, Alexandria, VA. October 4, 2023. Watch Here.

Engaging Our Membership: Advancing Circular Bioeconomy Systems. Presented by Alicia Modenbach, University of Kentucky. ASABE Member Hour CBS Webinar, Apr 28, 2023. Watch Here.

Anaerobic Digestion and Gas Reclamation. Presented by Chris Schimp, CEO of Compressed Energy Systems, LLC, and Terry Feldman of Maurer-Stutz Engineering. ASABE Member Hour CBS Webinar, May 4, 2023. Watch Here.

Challenges of the 21st Century & Engineering Leadership. Presented by Mike McMeekin of the Engineering Change Lab USA. ASABE Member Hour CBS Webinar, May 18, 2023. Watch Here.

Improving Food Together. Presented by Georg Schumacher of the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT). ASABE Member Hour CBS Webinar, June 1, 2023. Watch Here.

Taking Aim at the Current Syndemic: Nutrition for Brain, Body, and Planet. Presented by Charlie Messina, University of Florida. ASABE Member Hour CBS Webinar, July 9, 2023. Watch Here.

2022

FAO Science and Innovation Forum: Circular Food and Agriculture Systems. Moderated by Rabi Mohtar, Texas A&M University. Panel members: Ziynet Boz, University of Florida, Bruno Basso, Michigan State University, Angela Green-Miller, University of Illinois, and Samira Daroub, University of Florida. ASABE Member Hour CBS Webinar, October 14, 2022. Watch Here.

2021

An Introduction to Transforming Food and Agriculture to Circular Systems ASABE Initiative. Presented by Sue Nokes, University of Kentucky. ASABE Member Hour CBS Webinar, Sep. 20, 2021. Watch Here.

Transforming Food and Agriculture to Circular Systems: An Introduction to Circular Economies. Presented by James W. Jones, University of Florida September 20, 2021 (following Sue Nokes at minute 14.00 into recording). Watch Here.

Transforming Food and Agriculture to Circular Systems: When Circularity Becomes Central to our Global Food Security Agenda: Concepts to Implementation Readiness in Rice Value Chain. Presented by Ebenezer Kwofie, Department of Biological and agricultural Engineering, University of Arkansas. ASABE Member Hour CBS Webinar Oct. 6, 2021. Watch Here.

Coupling Circularity with Negativity in Food and Agricultural Systems. Presented by Joe Sagues, North Carolina State University. ASABE Member Hour CBS Webinar Oct. 15, 2021. Watch Here.

Waste to Worth: A Case Study of the Renewable Natural Gas Circular Economy in Pennsylvania. Presented by Stephanie Herbstritt, Penn State University. Member Hour CBS Webinar Nov. 2, 2021. Watch Here.

Circular Economy Standards Initiative Under the International Organization for Standardization (ISO TC323): Status, Issues, and Opportunities. Presented by Mike Levy (First Environment), Keith Kline and Maggie Davis Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Member Hour CBS Webinar Nov. 9, 2021. Watch Here.

Farm Scale Circular Systems. Presented by Ernie Shea, Kellie Blair, and Brian Sievers, Solutions from the Land (SfL). ASABE Member Hour CBS Webinar Dec. 7, 2021. Watch Here.

Reports

This is a list of reports produced by different institutions and links to each article. These represent a few of the increasingly available reports that show concepts and the breadth of benefits of building toward a more circular bioeconomy.

2024

McKinsey & Company. 2024. What is Circularity? On-line article defining circularity as practices that optimize resource use and minimize waste across the entire production and consumption cycle, emphasizing sustainability and economic efficiency. Access Here.

U.S. Department of Energy. 2024. 2023 Billion‐Ton Report: An Assessment of U.S. Renewable Carbon Resources. M. H. Langholtz (Lead). Oak Ridge, TN: Oak Ridge National Laboratory. ORNL/SPR-2024/3103. Download Here.

2023

2022

Congressional Research Service. 2022. White House Initiative to Advance the Bioeconomy, E.O. 14081: In Brief. Download Here.

Hodgson, A., Alper, J., Maxon, M.E. 2022. The U.S. Bioeconomy: Charting a Course for a Resilient and Competitive Future. New York, New York: Schmidt Futures. Download Here.

Gomez San Juan, M., Harnett, S. and Albinelli, I. 2022. Sustainable and circular bioeconomy in the climate agenda: Opportunities to transform agrifood systems. Rome, FAO. Download Here.

2021

Dunn, J. Liang, C (Lead authors). 2021. A World Without Waste: A Circular Bioeconomy. UIDP Workshop Report sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Download Here.

Congressional Research Service. 2021. The Bioeconomy: A Primer. Download Here.

2020

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Safeguarding the Bioeconomy, The National Academies Press, Washington, DC. Download Here.

Bilec, M. M., Beckman, E. J., Jambeck, J., Locklin, J. and Jiang, G., Cruz Rios Ford, F. 2020. NSF Convergence Accelerator: Design for Circular Economy from Molecules to the Built Environment Workshop Report. Download Here.

Older

Ellen MacArthur Foundation. 2013. Towards the Circular Economy Vol. 1: An Economic and Business Rationale for an Accelerated Transition. Download Here.

Ellen MacArthur Foundation. Food and the Circular Economy – Deep Dive. Read Report Here.

Ellen MacArthur Foundation. Circular Economy – Regenerate Nature. Read Report Here.

Ellen MacArthur Foundation. What is a Circular Economy? Read Report Here.

Golden, J. S. Handfield, R. Pascual-Gonzales, J. Brennan, T., Khan, L., and True, E. 2018. Indicators of the U.S. Biobased Economy. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Energy Policy and New Uses, Office of the Chief Economist. Download Here.

Carus, M., Dammer, L. 2018. The “Circular Bioeconomy” – Concepts, Opportunities and Limitations. Nova Institute for Ecology and Innovation, Hurth, Germany. Paper #9 on bio-based economy. Download Here.

Philp, J. and Winickoff, D. E. “Realising the circular bioeconomy”, OECD Science, Technology and Industry Policy Papers, No. 60, OECD Publishing, Paris. Download Here.