The Illinois Agri-Food Alliance (ILAFA) leverages world-class assets, institutions, and leaders via a collaborative network to support an inclusive, innovative, sustainable, and resilient agri-food system for the future. Its members connect around tipping points of commonality that are too complex to solve independently. By removing traditional barriers to collaboration and providing a supporting framework, ILAFA creates the enabling environment to shift mindsets, redefine models, and generate new value.