Buying Change Dinner: How Collective Procurement Can Decarbonize Agriculture

When corporate buyers pooled their purchasing power in renewable energy, PPAs collapsed the price of wind and solar and rewired energy markets in under a decade. Food and agriculture needs the same playbook. This session examines what the food system can learn from that model—and what it takes to translate collective procurement logic to agricultural inputs like low-emission fertilizers, where price premiums remain a critical barrier to farmer adoption.

Featuring speakers from a major global retailer, a leading global food brand, and a top ag inputs company, we’ll tackle the hard questions:
Who anchors a buying coalition?
How are commitments structured to de-risk the transition for farmers?
What makes collective action durable enough to move markets?
Participants will leave with a concrete framework for turning corporate procurement scale into a tool for on-farm decarbonization.