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The exploration of food tourism as a phenomenon and food tourists as consumers raises numerous ethical considerations. This chapter is about food tourism and ethics and focuses on the concepts of sustainability and slowness. It discusses the complexity of such topics using two case studies from Italy: one a plant-based café and the other the owner and manager of an agritourism business. These cases suggest that sustainability and slowness in food tourism can be interpreted and implemented differently, pointing to two important lessons. The first concerns the view of ethics in food tourism not as a limiting factor but as contributing to the needs of ethical tourists and appealing to generic tourists. The second lesson concerns the opportunity to shape food tourism by evaluating the food heritage sold to tourists and, ultimately, integrating ethical considerations that reinvent or rediscover traditions.

Introduction: The bioeconomy is a cross-sectoral domain set out in the dedicated European Commission Strategy 2018, which includes those sectors and systems that are based on biological resources.

Purpose: An understanding of the bioeconomy’s significance within the EU and the variations in its performance across Member States (MS), thereby informing policymakers and supporting strategic planning efforts to foster sustainable economic growth and resource utilisation within the bioeconomy.

Methodology: Quantitative analysis: the value added at factor cost (VAFC), turnover (TRN), and the number of employed persons (NEP). The research used the database of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (JRC). The period evaluated was 2008–2021 for the 27 EU MS.

Findings: The bioeconomy contributes to the generation of community GDP by approximately 5%, and the sectoral analysis shows that agriculture, hunting, and related services and the food industry are the most relevant from an economic and social point of view. Of the EU MS, those in the Western part of the continent have the most significant contribution to the Community bioeconomy for the bioeconomy component sectors that are focused on value creation, efficient use of resources, and environmentally friendly activities.

Limitation: The EU’s lack of harmonised statistical data causes difficulties making detailed comparisons between the countries with developed bioeconomies.

Further Research: Advanced research could help strengthen the scientific basis for creating national bioeconomy strategies. Other indicators, such as indicators related to agricultural practices in an ecological system, could bring new and valuable insights.