To recognize the resilience of scientists, farmers, truck drivers, shelf stockers and countless others, BBC’s Follow the Food special series will look at how those in the food industry are managing to keep us fed during the pandemic.

Packing plants can’t magically return to 100% capacity overnight. The coronavirus pandemic has already inflicted its wrath on America’s protein industries and the recovery will be slow.

Radicle and Syngenta are looking for two companies with novel solutions to support the future of protein, which could include new or experimental protein sources or protein conversion technologies.

Farmers are focusing on ways to reduce methane emissions and save water to further reduce the staple crop’s climate footprint.

Today, having a relationship with nearby grain farmers seems like a more secure route to bread than it was just a month ago.