The Future of Food and Beverage Forum USA
27th - 28th May 2026
Minneapolis, USA
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Day 1
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Day 1
Wednesday 27th May 2026
Time
Session title
Theme
Session type
9:00am - 9:45am
Opportunity in crisis: Reframing sustainability as resilience, risk mitigation and commercial advantage
Plenary
9:45am - 10:30am
MAHA and the future of US food policy: What does it all mean for food production?
Plenary
10:30am - 11:10am
Speed networking and break
11:10am - 11:50am
Food security and resilience at 2+ degrees: How leading brands are integrating adaptation into their climate transition planning
Plenary
11:50am - 12:30pm
Ag-tech and agri-food innovation: How to promote sustainability within R&D as a driver of long-term, strategic business value
Plenary
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Lunch break
1:30pm - 2:15pm
Breakout track 1
1:30pm - 2:15pm
Farmers don’t need your charity: How to make the economics of farming work for farmers
Breakout
1:30pm - 2:15pm
Regen reality check: How far are commitments translating to real world investment, impact and ROI?
Breakout
1:30pm - 2:15pm
The future of ag-tech that is affordable, and that works: What will scale by 2030?
Breakout
1:30pm - 2:15pm
Tariff trade-offs: Balancing supply, demand and price across the value chain
The other room
2:15pm - 3:00pm
Breakout track 2
2:15pm - 3:00pm
Climate resilience: How sustainable innovation is driving security of supply and demonstrating ROI
Breakout
2:15pm - 3:00pm
Supply shed collaboration: How to address the barriers to scaling regenerative approaches within sourcing regions
Breakout
2:15pm - 3:00pm
Let’s be honest about soil health: Leveraging ag-tech for simple, comparable metrics that can drive farmer collaboration and profitability
Breakout
2:15pm - 3:00pm
The other room: The truth about chemicals: Organic is not better for soil and food. How do we tell the real story?
The other room
3:00pm - 3:45pm
Break
3:45pm - 4:30pm
Breakout track 3
3:45pm - 4:30pm
Don’t talk to farmers about carbon and methane: Talk to them about outcomes
Breakout
3:45pm - 4:30pm
Where’s the ROI in biodiversity? How to understand and quantify impact and outcomes
Breakout
3:45pm - 4:30pm
Cutting through the AI BS: What will be the real use, and when? What does AI get wrong, and right?
Breakout
3:00pm - 3:45pm
The other room: Not all processed food is bad: How do we have a better conversation about health outcomes?
The other room
4:15pm - 5:00pm
A market for regen: How brands can capitalise on consumer trends to create demand for regenerative
Plenary
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Networking drinks
Networking
Day 2
Thursday 28th May 2026
Time
Session title
Theme
Session type
9:00am - 9:45am
The sustainable consumer: What is the latest evidence that shows younger consumers are buying sustainably, and how can this be accelerated?
Plenary
9:45am - 10:30am
Food product reformulation: How to connect R&D, agriculture and nutrition with consumer trends
Plenary
10:30am - 11:00am
Break
11:00am - 11:45am
Investing in resilience: Blended capital, corporate venture funding and collaborative financing for a regenerative food system
Plenary
11:45am - 12:30pm
Food system transformation: How genuine industry collaboration can better align supply and demand in agriculture
Plenary
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Lunch break
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Roundtable sessions
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Roundtable A: Focus group: Young consumers and what they want from their food labelling and contents
Roundtable
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Roundtable B: Bridging the finance gap for small and mid-sized farms
Roundtable
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Roundtable C: Are we facing a mounting water crisis and what can we do about it?
Roundtable
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Roundtable D: Green hydrogen in agriculture: The potential and the limitations for low-carbon production
Roundtable
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Roundtable E: Circular agriculture: Building resilient revenue models with by-products
Roundtable
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Roundtable F: Financing innovation: How developments in CVC can unlock funding and strategic value
Roundtable
3:00pm - 3:15pm
Wrap-up and closing remarks
Plenary