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Another opportunity for circularity involves integrating the current pork supply chain with alternative protein markets, including cell-based animal protein, in a sharedresource arrangement that supports both types of production, because both types of production rely on live animals. E ach year, approximately 200 million pigs are produced for consumption in the U.S., yielding 12.5 billion kg of pork products. Animal production and cell-cultured meat production require many of the same inputs, creating potential for combined systems in which total food production can increase while adapting to changing markets and consumer preferences more rapidly than either system could alone. [Extracted from the article]

Current animal production and processing systems have benefitted from vast improvements in efficiency to meet ever-growing consumer demands. U.S. per capita availability of beef, pork, chicken, and fish. and reduce the physical and psychological distances between food production and consumers. Larger animals also remain in the system longer, so beef production facilities face different challenges. In contrast, beef production has large and small operations in different parts of the production system, many different entities make major decisions across the system, and there is much greater interaction between the cattle and the natural environment. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on how members contribute to the growth of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). Topics discussed include the ASABE publications and standards used by members and gratitude expressed by ASABE leaders to the engagement of members. The appeal for member commitment to the changes and improvements proposed by the association is mentioned.

An introduction to the journal is presented in which the editor discusses efforts in feeding the global population in 2050, the challenges experienced by bioengineers and the annual international meeting of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE).

The article introduces various reports published within the issue on topics including the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) AE50 Awards program, the Borlaug Dialogues, and World Food Prize.

The article presents a message from the president of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). Topics covered include the challenge given to engineers and scientists to make a mark where they are, the call for members to engage the society in a variety of ways and the pressure to provide the world with safe and nutritious food amid climate change and population growth.