Agriculture and National Security Project

Securing U.S. food systems. Strengthening national resilience.


Securing food systems 
in an era of hybrid threats

In today’s era of strategic competition, agriculture has become both a target and a test of national resilience. From cyberattacks to intellectual property theft and industrial espionage; from land acquisitions to leverage over supply chain chokepoints, adversaries are increasingly exploiting vulnerabilities across the food system. Despite its criticality for every aspect of national well-being, agriculture remains largely absent from the national security conversation.

Where critical sectors intersect

Agriculture, business, and national security are too often treated in isolation.
This project connects the dots where food systems, risk and resilience converge.

Agriculture as
National Security
  • No unified framework for agriculture defense
  • Strategic input dependencies
  • Lack of integrated response
  • Food systems weaponization
  • IP theft with national security implications
  • Hybrid threats exploiting supply chains
Business
  • Market volatility
  • Foreign acquisitions as investor risk
  • Export chokepoint control
  • IP theft and industrial espionage as acommercial loss
Agriculture
  • Soil health
  • Water issues
  • Weather/climate stressors
  • Input cost & availability
  • Biosecurity (plant & animal)
National Security
and Defense
  • Hybrid/Grey Zone Warfare
  • Economic Coercion
  • Terrorism
  • Cyber Threats
  • Foreign ownership near military bases
  • Supply chain fragility and chokepoints
  • Input price shocks
  • AgTech vulnerabilities
  • Over reliance on single suppliers
  • IP as a strategic asset
  • Control of export/logistics hubs
  • Dual-use tech risk (drones, biotech)
  • Ag as critical infrastructure
  • Food system cyber risks
  • Biosecurity as a strategic issue
  • Foreign ownership of land/infrastructure