Why food and agriculture is critical infrastructure

Governments increasingly classify food and agriculture as critical infrastructure, and for good reason: a disruption at a large processor ripples out to empty shelves and spoiled supply within days.

That classification changes the stakes. It brings scrutiny, sometimes regulation, and a responsibility to peers up and down the chain.

For the industry, the lesson is that resilience is a shared good. Information sharing, common baselines, and mutual aid during an incident are how a sector — not just a single company — stays standing.