Brief paper that uses systems thinking exercises to map (both graphically and in text) the links and loops diagramming: 1. Model illustrating the limits to growth of the current conventional food and Ag system in the USA. 2. Model illustrating the limits to growth of the current modern sustainable food and Ag industry in the USA. 3.  Model illustrating the suggested intervention point (building broad alliances based on opportunity-based criteria to reinforce sustainability values) to create a shared strategic solution.