The bioeconomy cannot succeed without the feedstocks that fuel all our fermentors. From agricultural side-streams to algae to carbon pollution, synbio companies need to ensure they utilize renewable feedstocks instead of purpose-grown inputs that take essential land and, at scale, may drive deforestation. How can we address this critical issue as a community? What role do other innovations such as AI, sensors, and continuous fermentation play in accelerating sustainable scaling and what changes do we need to make today for the bioeconomy of tomorrow?