Environmental Sustainability and Sustainable Food Production

Dear Colleagues:

Climate change and the emergence of environmental pollution have caused significant problems in the functioning of human and ecosystem health, food production, and economics at the global level. The United Nations proposed 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future by 2030. The food industry should be of focus across the supply chain in attempts to meet the needs of the population while forgoing destruction of the environment and society. This Special Issue will focus on how the supply chain has addressed the SDGs and what approaches are working, i.e., best practices. In many cases, efforts are moving beyond reducing detrimental impacts and toward the goal of producing meaningful and positive effects. Additionally, a comprehensive understanding of pollutant fate can allow formulation of policies and pollution prevention strategies to achieve environmental sustainability goals.

This Special Issue aims to inform the reader of advanced research of environmental sustainability and sustainable food production by inviting colleagues researching food science, food engineering, marine biogeochemistry, environmental engineering, freshwater ecology, wastewater/sludge treatment, pollutant fate, and atmospheric science to report on advanced studies.

We are thus seeking submissions of research articles covering the areas above or other relevant topics for possible inclusion in this Special Issue of Sustainability. Original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but not limited to) the following:

• Emerging contaminants
• Food waste utilization
• Circular economy
• Sustainable food production
• Green extraction
• Microplastics and nanoplastics
• Future foods
• Clean water
• New food processing techniques
• Material science
• Biomaterials
• Conversion of waste
• Bioactive compounds
• Aquaculture
• Marine science

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Yung-Kai Lin
Dr. Ruei-Feng Shiu
Guest Editors

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• emerging contaminants
• food waste utilization
• circular economy
• sustainable food production
• green extraction
• microplastics and nanoplastics
• clean water
• new food processing techniques
• aquaculture
• biomaterials science
• bioactive compounds