Food Security and Sustainability
A section of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158).
Section Information
This section encompasses all aspects of food security and sustainability.
When addressing global food security issues, one should consider the challenges of globally achieving food security and the obstacles/constraints—physical, biological, economic, and socio-political—that limit food production and obstruct access to healthy diets.
Various methods and models should be proposed to drastically address and resolve these obstacles.
In this section, all dimensions of food security should be covered, from production, stability, physical/economic access, stocks, markets, trade (local to global), and the nutritional value of food. This section covers all sectors of science, sociology, and economics of food production, agricultural development, access to food, quality, safety, and nutrition.
Food sustainability covers all areas of food waste, food recovery, and climate change. Food waste management might include case studies of the life cycle assessment and issues with the circular economy. Studies may also address issues of ISO14040, ISO14044, ISO14045, and food waste treatment methodologies. Such methodologies might include membrane technologies, anaerobic digestion, landfilling, or incineration.
A more sustainable production and consumption is presently required, as is incorporating a waste-to-energy process guideline in the waste hierarchy to aid in the implementation of a circular economy.
Moreover, recovery for high value byproducts from food waste should be included in any proposed study.
Innovative work will be considered if it meets the requirements listed above and features keywords, as noted below.
Keywords
- Food security
- Natural constraints to satisfying global food needs
- The sociological contexts of food production, access, quality, and consumption
- Nutrition, food quality, and food safety
- Socio-political factors that affect the ability to satisfy global food needs
- Research policies for effective food security
- Food sustainability
- Food recovery
- Recovery of high value byproducts
- Food waste
- Valorization
- ISO 14045
- ISO 14040 and 14044 guidelines
- Life cycle assessment
- Circular economy
- Natural products
- Phytochemical analysis
- Polyphenols
- Membrane technologies
- Climate change
- (Bio) analytical chemistry
- Anaerobic digestion
- Landfilling
- Incineration
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Waste to Wealth: Extraction and Utilization of Bioactive Compounds from Food Waste and Marine Biomasses (Deadline: 25 September 2026)
- Food By-Products as a Source of Active Ingredients for a Sustainable Food Industrial Sector (Deadline: 30 September 2026)
- From Waste to Systems Change: Governance, Innovation and Integration for Sustainable Food Futures (Deadline: 30 September 2026)
- Chemometrics in Food Authenticity and Quality Control (Deadline: 25 October 2026)
- Harnessing Microbial and Enzymatic Technologies Transforming Food Byproducts into Functional Bioactive Substances to Advance Sustainable Development (Deadline: 30 October 2026)
- Trace Elements and Emerging Contaminants in Sustainable Food Systems: Risks, Regulations, and Remediation (Deadline: 30 October 2026)
- Food Sustainability Strategy: Food Processing Technology Optimization and Waste Valorization (Deadline: 31 October 2026)
- Recent Advances in Sustainable Food Manufacturing (Deadline: 31 October 2026)
- New Perspectives on Food Waste and Recycling Systems (Deadline: 10 November 2026)
- Different Strategies for the Reuse and Valorization of Food Waste (Deadline: 13 November 2026)
- Innovative Strategies for the Creation of Next-Generation Protein-Based Foods (Deadline: 15 November 2026)
- Toward Zero Waste: The Role of Food Safety Management Systems in Minimizing Food Losses (Deadline: 15 November 2026)
- Waste Reduction and Management in Food Security and Food Sustainability: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 15 November 2026)
- Sustainable Protein from Food Waste: Modification Using Non-Thermal Techniques and Characterization (Deadline: 20 November 2026)
- Valorization of Bio-Resources Through Food Processing: From Bioactive Extraction to Product Development (Deadline: 30 November 2026)
- Novel and Alternative Protein Foods: From Emerging Sources to Processing, Safety, and Consumer Acceptance (Deadline: 30 November 2026)
- Green/Waste Biomass Utilization in Food Industry: Biorefinery Process and High Value-Added Products—2nd Edition (Deadline: 15 December 2026)
- Food Loss and Waste: Impact, Measurement, and Management (Deadline: 20 December 2026)
- Sustainable Innovations in Functional, Medicinal Foods and Fermentation Technology (Deadline: 30 December 2026)
- Value-Added and Sustainable Utilization of Food By-Products and Waste (Deadline: 31 December 2026)
- Drivers, Prevention Strategies and Solution Pathways for Food Loss and Waste (Deadline: 31 December 2026)
- Valorization of Agrifood Waste and Byproducts in the Development of New Added-Value Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2026)
- Technological Valorization of Food By-Products: From Waste to High-Value Bioactive Compounds (Deadline: 5 January 2027)
- Food Security and Safety in a Changing Climate: Challenges and Solutions (Deadline: 10 January 2027)
- Edible Insects: A Sustainable Innovation for Global Food Security and Environmental Challenges (Deadline: 15 January 2027)
- Food-Derived Proteins and Peptides for Sustainable Food Systems and Functional Food Applications (Deadline: 31 January 2027)
- Sustainable Management, Recovery, and Transformation of Food Waste and By-Products (Deadline: 31 January 2027)
- Next-Generation Valorization of Agri-Food Byproducts and Waste: Precision Bioprocessing, Circular Bioeconomy, and High-Value Functional Ingredients (Deadline: 31 January 2027)
- Food Security, Nutrition, and Sustainability in Low- and Middle- Income Countries (Deadline: 31 January 2027)
- Innovations in Clean and Sustainable Food Processing: Circular Bioeconomy and Food Waste Valorization (Deadline: 15 February 2027)
- Food-Derived Ingredients from Waste and By-Product Streams (Deadline: 19 February 2027)
- Halophytes and Salt-Adapted Organisms as Functional Foods: From Salinity Adaptation to Human Health, Secure and Sustainable Food Systems (Deadline: 20 February 2027)
- Alternative Proteins: From Production to Functional Applications (Deadline: 26 February 2027)
- Sustainable and Upcycled Dietary Fibers: Advanced Processing, Functionality, and Health Applications in Foods (Deadline: 28 February 2027)
- Research on the Sustainable Recovery and Valorization of Natural Bioactive Compounds (Deadline: 28 February 2027)
- Valorization of By-Product Resources for the Development and Sustainability of Functional Ingredients in Foods (Deadline: 19 March 2027)
- Sustainable Agriculture for Food and Nutrition Security: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 March 2027)
- Emerging Strategies for Sustainable Food Systems via High-Efficiency Valorization of Food Processing Wastes (Deadline: 14 May 2027)
- Sustainable Valorization of Agri-Food Systems for Functional Nutrition and Global Well-Being (Deadline: 30 June 2027)