{"id":14416,"date":"2021-11-01T12:56:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T11:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/axfoundation.misc.jishi.se\/projekt\/5-ton-gron-fisk-i-disk"},"modified":"2024-04-05T11:10:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T09:10:23","slug":"circular-based-fish-feed-via-insects","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/www.axfoundation.se\/en\/projects\/circular-based-fish-feed-via-insects","title":{"rendered":"5 Tons of Green Fish on the Plate \u2013 Circular-Based Feed Via Insects"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The world's commercial fish stocks are depleted. Tons of food is thrown away each year. Meanwhile, farmed fish are often fed with imported wild-caught fish and soybeans.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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While the global population is increasing, so too is our consumption of blue food. Meanwhile, 90% of the world\u2019s commercial fish stocks are depleted or overexploited. Farmed fish is often seen as an opportunity to provide people with food without increasing pressure on the world\u2019s oceans. Today, about half of all blue food in the global market is farmed, but this is also not without challenges. Farmed fish is raised on feed that mainly consists of soybeans and wild-caught fish, often from different parts of the world. These are foods that could be eaten by humans without first taking a detour through fish. Global fish farming, therefore, contributes negatively to the global food supply.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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Our food should (preferably) not eat our food.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Madeleine Linins M\u00f6rner, Programme Director Future Food, Axfoundation<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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1.3 million tons of food waste annually<\/h3>\n

Today\u2019s food systems also have major issues with food waste and the reuptake of nutrients. Sweden imports cheap nutrition in the form of food, feed and fertilizers. Additionally, 1.3 million tons of food is thrown away annually from food manufacturers, shops, restaurants, and households in Sweden. Today, food waste is often used in ways that are not resource efficient. As much as 40% goes into making biogas and biofertilizer for fields, the rest is used for heating and electricity production. This linear food system contributes to unnecessary greenhouse gas emissions and also risks that nutrients leak into the Baltic Sea and contribute to the eutrophication problem.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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