Food System Transformation: The Role of Innovation, Collaboration, and Policy
In October, we brought key business leaders together in Minneapolis to set the agenda for the resilient and sustainable transformation of global food and agriculture at Reuters Events: Transform Food & Agriculture USA 2024.
Leaders from Bunge, Mars Food & Nutrition, Cargill, General Mills, Kellanova, the USDA, and many more gathered to unite, scale, and transform for a climate positive food future.
Discover four key strategies to unlock a climate smart future:
- Strategic Alignment Farm-to-Fork: aligning multinational priorities, strategies, and governance.
- Scaling Solutions & Partnerships: tackling GHG intensity, boost climate resiliency and accelerate supply chain decarbonization.
- Strengthen Impact Frameworks: focusing on rebuilding trust and transparency in sustainability governance.
- Collaborative Capital & Catalyze Market Demand: reimagining funding models and accelerating market demand for climate-positive food products.
The world’s most influential food and & agriculture leaders shared their expertise:
“I still think it begins and ends at the farm gate and how we set it up for the farmer to come along in the journey….giving them the right technologies, right solutions, the right training in a way that they’re owning it with us.” – Robert Coviello, Chief Sustainability Officer and Government Affairs, Bunge
“Collaborating in spaces like this is invaluable for generating ideas and strategies to scale regenerative agriculture successfully. However, the real impact lies in ensuring these solutions work on the ground, empowering farmers to thrive while adopting these practices. Without farmer success, we can’t drive the meaningful change we’re striving for.” – Max Dougherty, VP, Carbon Business Development, Bayer Ecosystem Services
“Emerging frameworks will get more stakeholders into this notion that we are dependent on some of the places, so how can we figure out how to work together better.” – Jay Watson, Director of Regenerative Agriculture, General Mills
“Farmers are solving some of the world’s greatest challenges whether that is nutritional security, providing livelihoods, sustaining rural economies while also working to reduce their impact on the plant…What’s exciting is they haven’t even begun to reach their potential.” – Kevin Burkum, Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Farmers & Ranchers in Action
If you missed us in Minneapolis, reach out directly and I’ll forward more information on what we have planned for 2025.
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Kind regards,
Sofia
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