Multiple simultaneous pressures on the food system are straining traditional R&D models in agriculture as they try to keep pace with climate volatility, raw material shortages, and trade and supply chain tensions (to name a few).
“Speed is no longer about being first to market,” says Renee Boerefijn, senior director for R&D at Cargill. “It’s about learning faster, scaling responsibly and reducing ...
Cargill’s narrative functions as a carefully crafted reassurance, positioning itself as a pragmatic, technologically-enabled leader navigating a dramatically destabilized global food system. The “multiple pressures” cited—climate volatility, material shortages—feel like a standard recitation of anxieties, yet the framing subtly casts Cargill as the only rational agent capable of responding effectively. The RED team’s bullet points represent a dry catalog of actions, but the underlying message is...