Now that the elections are over, we can turn our attention back to all the unfinished business that never got done: food safety issues, hunger, the Farm Bill, re-calibrating the entire food system so it can deal with the impact of climate change. These are complex matters but not intractable, what is crucial is the will to find and enact the right solutions. Let us hope that everyone can find in them the ability to work together for better outcomes for the food system.