Author: Joanna Slodownik

• Circularity alone is not enough

  Jun 10

  Everyone talks about circularity. Circular economy. Circular agriculture. Circular bioeconomy. Closing loops. Recycling resources. Reducing waste. All of this matters. But circularity alone is not enough. Circularity is necessary, but… more ›

• Shortening the Omega-3 Nutrient Route Action Plan

  May 25

  A Discussion Draft on Algae-Based EPA/DHA and Marine-Safe Nutrient Infrastructure Omega-3 does not have to travel through wild fish. Download the discussion draft:Omega3-Nutrient-Routing_Action-Plan_Discussion-Draft_v0-1_May-2026 EPA and DHA — the long-chain omega-3… more ›

• The Bioeconomy’s Missing Question: Which biological pathways maximize resilience while minimizing total ecological and systemic pressures?

  May 19

  The bioeconomy is often described as the transition from a fossil-based economy to one based on renewable biological resources. In European policy language, it includes agriculture, forestry, fisheries, aquaculture, food,… more ›

• Demand Is Manufactured, Not “Natural” or Neutral

  May 13

  A common response to critiques of land and ocean food system design is that demand lies beyond the reach of policy. People, it is argued, simply choose what they prefer… more ›

• Food Is the New Frontier

  May 13

  Next-Gen Nutrition Infrastructure Food is entering a phase that looks increasingly familiar to other domains of transformation. Like the internet. Like microprocessors. Like AI.But with one fundamental difference: this transformation… more ›

• The Fat Detour: What Palm Oil Reveals About the Modern Food System

  Apr 30

  Palm oil is not just an environmental story Palm oil is usually discussed as an environmental problem: deforestation, orangutans, biodiversity loss, certification, sustainable sourcing, corporate pledges and consumer guilt. All… more ›

• Detours in Practice: Soy

  Apr 20

  Plant Protein Detours on Land   Few crops illustrate the logic of nutrient detours on land as clearly as soy. Often described as a highly efficient plant protein and promoted… more ›

• Detours in Practice: Omega-3 & Fish

  Apr 13

  Detour Case Study: Omega-3, Fish Feed and the Ocean (excerpt) Few examples illustrate the logic of nutrient detours as clearly as the contemporary production and distribution of omega-3 fatty acids.… more ›

• Food Cycles and Detours

  Apr 5

  Rethinking Nutrient Routes for Truly Sustainable Land and Ocean Food Systems A Structural Lens (excerpt) At their core, food systems exist to move nutrients from ecosystems to people. For most… more ›

• Europe’s Soft Power: Why the Next Great European Project Could Be Food-System Transformation

  Jan 21

  Europe does not dream of empire. It does not want to die in foreign lands fighting wars that never quite become its own. And if we are honest — Europeans… more ›