Database research record2018·Global
ECF FARMSYSTEMS: a Circular Economy Business Model Case
Alexis Figeac
Repositorio institucional da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (University of Santiago de Compostela)
Urban Farm DB summary
ECF is a small-to-medium sized enterprise operating an aquaponic urban farm, demonstrating a co-product recovery business model where circularity is retained within its own operations. The aquaponics system enables resource-efficient food delivery on a B2B basis and achieves significant socio-environmental impact by displacing food miles. However, fish feed sustainability challenges need addressing for greater circularity, and aquaponics faces competitiveness issues due to support for traditional farming and planning hurdles in urban communities.