Food waste fits very nicely into this discussion about the innovations that the plant science industry produces, because oftentimes that food waste is due to fungal growth. Whether your tomatoes turn mushy and black, or the wheat that's grown has too much fungus in it for human consumption, there's a lot of waste associated with the presence of pests and pathogens. Having the tools available to be able to control those pests and pathogens at the right time is absolutely critical for agriculture. I can't stress that enough.
Even on the plant breeding side, there are varieties that are much more resistant to certain strains of fungal attack. With gene editing techniques, these things can happen much more quickly, so we can end up with many crops that have a much better profile to resist some of these pathogens that result in a lot of the food waste we see today.