Our Mission
Advance education, professional development, and innovations for developing sustainable circular bioeconomy systems
Our Vision
A healthy planet driven by vibrant, sustainable circular bioeconomy systems producing plentiful food, feed, forest products, and renewable resources
Our Goals
• Lead stakeholders across the bioeconomy value chain to adopt and implement the principles of circularity
• Engage the ASABE community around the cross-cutting concepts and solutions of the circular bioeconomy
• Connect to other societies and stakeholders for greater impact
• Transform the bioeconomy through new initiatives and projects in research and practice toward increased circularity
In 2019, under President Sue Nokes, ASABE hosted keynote speaker Joel Makower at the Society's annual international meeting. Makower’s presentation, “From Here to Sustainability,” spurred vigorous follow-on conversations among ASABE members regarding our food and agricultural systems, the need to transform to circularity, and the essential expertise agricultural and biological engineers bring to the process.
From those conversations emerged an initiative being led by ASABE Fellows Jim Jones and Brahm Verma that is growing within and beyond ASABE. A mini-symposium at the 2021 Annual International Meeting, ongoing webinars, and other events have followed. See below for recordings of past events, recent news, and other announcements.