A Culture of Innovation
The food and agriculture community is an innovative, diverse, and ever-evolving space. When considering every step of the food supply chain, as Anne Simpson, CaIPERS Managing Investment Director aptly said, “If you look at the food system and what it supports by way of the economy and wider society, I don't think there is a sector untouched by the issues in food and agriculture.” The Global Food Forum, hosted by the Wall Street Journal, reflected the innovative and diverse nature of the food and agriculture industry while confidently addressing those issues, challenges, and opportunities that are currently facing the agricultural sector, which by default, impact nearly every other industry. A considerable amount of the forum was dedicated primarily to the conversation of sustainability within agriculture, whether in the actual act of food production or through processing and the eventual recycling of products and packaging. Although acknowledgement of the improvement tha