The global food system is at an inflection point. Climate volatility, regulatory pressure, and geopolitical disruption are colliding with thin margins and rising consumer expectations, exposing just how unprepared today’s supply chains are to deliver resilient, affordable, and sustainable food at scale.
Farmers are overwhelmed by data demands and rising costs, yet progress is stalling because the industry remains gridlocked on a fundamental question: who pays for transformation?
The reality is clear: no single enterprise can solve this alone. If vulnerabilities aren’t addressed across the entire value chain, the consequences will ripple beyond sourcing and supply, to impact consumer trust and long‑term food security.
Reuters Events: Transform Food & Agriculture USA is where senior leaders from across the food web come together to collaborate and unlock new strategies for tangible impact. Designed for executives driving real change, this forum harnesses collective intelligence to realign incentives, de‑risk investment, and turn sustainability pilots into programs with transformational benefits at scale.
Through collaborative case studies, peer-led roundtables, and closed-door interactive workshops, we’ll move beyond ambition to execution. Join us in Minneapolis to lead the debate and help build a food system that is not only more sustainable, but more resilient and profitable for all.
The industry is confronted with three simultaneous pressures: fragmented US state‑level EPR packaging laws, FDA uncertainty over food additives and colourings, and the GHG Protocol Land Sector & Removals Standard taking effect in 2027. Explore how growers, global CPGs, and retailers are managing divergent standards day to day, and where compliance technology enables agility versus where it still falls short.
Pressure on farmers, manufacturers, and consumers creates an opportunity to redesign how value and risk are shared. Leverage practical models, from diversifying sourcing to co-investment partnerships that move volatility out of the supply chain, strengthen grower economics, and reduce cost inflation for consumers.
As climate pressures intensify, fragmented data, limited visibility into soil health and on‑farm productivity, and rising reporting burdens on farmers are undermining supply‑chain resilience. Explore how smarter farm‑level data capture and stronger information flows can reduce friction for growers while turning soil insights into economic value and higher returns.
