** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THE NEED TO FEED A GROWING POPULATION WHILE ADAPTING TO A CHANGING CLIMATE HAS INCREASED PUBLIC CONCERN AND IMPACTED CONSUMERS' FOOD CHOICES, LEADING MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES TO DEVELOP SUSTAINABLE SOURCING PROGRAMS FOR AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES SUCH AS WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.). HOWEVER, THESE PROGRAMS ARE FRAGMENTED AND NOT ALWAYS SUPPORTED BY SCIENCE. ADVANCING THE SCIENCE OF SUSTAINABLE INTENSIFICATION OF WHEAT PRODUCTION IS ESSENTIAL TO IMPROVE POLICY AND TO ENSURE THAT THESE PROGRAMS ARE RELEVANT TO THE CONSUMER AND ADVANCE SUSTAINABLE FOOD CHAINS. OUR LONG-TERM GOAL IS TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SUSTAINABLE WINTER WHEAT INDUSTRY IN THE US CENTRAL GREAT PLAINS BY UNDERSTANDING HOW CROP MANAGEMENT DECISIONS IMPACT IMMEDIATE (FARM) AND DOWNSTREAM (MILLING AND BAKING) SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS. INDIVIDUAL OBJECTIVES ARE TO: (1) PERFORM A COMPREHENSIVE, SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW ABOUT SUSTAINABLE INTENSIFICATION OF MAJOR CROPS ACROSS THE WORLD TO CHARACTERIZE THE STATUS QUO OF SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES AND EXISTING SOURCING PROGRAMS, WHILE IDENTIFYING MAJOR DRIVERS OF CHANGES IN VALUE CHAIN DOWNSTREAM INDICATORS; (2) PERFORM ECONOMIC AND LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF THREE COMPREHENSIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY DATABASES OF 46 FIELD EXPERIMENTS AND 656 COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION FIELDS ON WHEAT AGRONOMIC, MILLING, AND BAKING PERFORMANCES AS IMPACTED BY MANAGEMENT AND VARIETY TO DETERMINE THE MOST RELEVANT FACTORS AFFECTING SUSTAINABILITY ACROSS THE VALUE CHAIN; AND (3) EDUCATE WHEAT STAKEHOLDERS (GROWERS, MILLERS, BAKERS, ETC.) ABOUT BEST PRACTICES TO PRODUCE MORE AND HIGHER QUALITY FOOD WHILE BEING MORE PROFITABLE AND ATTAINING ACCEPTABLE STANDARDS OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. OUR PROPOSED WORK WILL INFORM THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE SOURCING PROGRAMS FOR WINTER WHEAT.