 Nearly 1 billion people lack access to food, and this number is projected to increase by 2050. In equity, variability in distribution, unsustainable consumption, climate change extremes, and non-stationarity are responsible for the threat. The food system is part of a larger system that impacts it in regard to water, energy, and of course, cropping system and human nutrition. Today we have a new opportunity to build on existing science and innovations to bridge these gaps in food for the future. Souls lie at the heart of food security, water security, carbon management, and biodiversity. Soul quality is key to the sustainable management of food and agriculture and other life critical systems. Innovations in circularity of the food and agriculture system will reduce the water, energy, land, chemicals, and carbon footprint for food production and processing, and is a critical path for the future. Today's science and innovation will allow us to accurately characterize the soul system in order to bridge this disconnect between science and practice. It will help reduce the water requirement for food production. Data science also makes circularity of the food and agriculture system feasible, both for plant, animal, open, and closed production systems. Science and innovation will allow us to further build the science of precision irrigation to bridge the knowledge gap in the soil-plant-water relationship. This and much more will be discussed at the Science and Innovation Forum between the 17th and the 21st of October. I look forward to seeing you there.