Food Ecology aims to advance fundamental understanding and transformative innovation at the intersection of food systems, ecological sustainability, animal and human health. The journal provides a high-impact forum for research, perspectives, and analyses that integrate biological, environmental, technological, and social dimensions of the food-ecosystem continuum.

We seek to publish interdisciplinary research that:

• Enhances sustainable agriculture and soil health, including soil fertility, microbiome dynamics, regenerative and conservation practices, nutrient cycling, and soil carbon sequestration.
• Advances water and ecosystem management, addressing irrigation efficiency, water reuse technologies, aquatic ecosystem protection, and pollution remediation.
• Integrates food science, nutrition, and safety, encompassing food quality, contamination monitoring, postharvest and processing technologies, and the development of functional and health-promoting foods.
• Applies life science and biotechnological approaches from molecular biology, genomics, and microbiology to systems biology and environmental biotechnology to improve food production and ecosystem resilience.
• Promotes climate-smart and low-carbon agriculture, including greenhouse gas mitigation, carbon sequestration, and life-cycle assessments for sustainable food systems.
• Evaluates pollution sources and environmental impacts, such as agrochemical residues, heavy metals, microplastics, and their mitigation through ecological or technological innovation.
• Drives technological and circular innovations, leveraging precision agriculture, digital monitoring, sensor networks, and circular bioeconomy models for resource-efficient and resilient farming systems.
• Explores policy, social, and economic frameworks that support equitable, climate-resilient, and biodiversity-friendly food systems worldwide.

Food Ecology welcomes original research articles, reviews, highlights, perspectives, and data-driven studies that connect ecological science with agriculture and food innovation/systems emphasizing scientific strategies, innovations for sustainable production, healthy diets, and real-world applicability.