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Managing a Circular Food System in Sustainable Urban Farming. Experimental Research at the Turku University Campus (Finland)

Leena Erälinna, Barbara Szymoniuk

Sustainability

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This article presents an experimental project in Turku, Finland, aimed at implementing a circular food system in sustainable urban farming. The project had two objectives: reducing food waste in Turku University Campus restaurants and supporting local nutrient recycling by composting food waste for urban farming. The resulting concept, based on two experimental studies, is globally replicable for managing local circular food systems.