Food security. Agricultural policy. International development. Sustainability. These are all issues that the Land O’Lakes Global Food Challenge aims to tackle, drawing together emerging student leaders from across the nation to take on this work.

This June, U of M Emerging Leader Claire Lentsch and professors Milena Saqui-Salces and Ian Tonks joined the Land O’Lakes... Read more

Land O’Lakes is an important partner in helping the U of M recruit and retain the next generation of food and ag professionals.

Since 2014, Land O’Lakes-funded scholarships at the University of Minnesota have helped support an important population: our future food and ag workforce. These generous scholarships help talented students interested in the agricultural... Read more

The year 2014 was the start of an extraordinary new chapter in the 47-year Land O’Lakes-University of Minnesota partnership: a $25 million, ten-year investment in U of M people and programs that help Land O’Lakes meet business needs and develop new talent. What's the impact? Watch this video to learn more about how this partnership benefits both institutions.

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Nine Minnesota high school students, from six different high schools, shared their ideas for ending hunger at the World Food Prize’s Global Youth Institute in Des Moines, Iowa, October 19-21.  

Land O’Lakes a sponsor

The students, who joined 200 of their peers from around the world, were finalists at the Minnesota Youth Institute competition... Read more

In June, Katie Atkins, ’19, who is majoring in management information systems and finance, was one of four U of M students to travel to South Africa and Tanzania to learn more about hunger, agriculture, and sustainability through the Land O’Lakes’ Global Food Challenge Emerging Leaders program.

Atkins gained important new perspectives on her trip: “My morning cup of coffee is now met... Read more

Audrey Sebastian, ’19, a mechanical engineering major, traveled to South Africa and Tanzania in June with the Land O’Lakes’ Global Food Challenge Emerging Leaders program to learn more about hunger, agriculture, and sustainability. During the year-long program, program participants work with Land O’Lakes to find new ways to feed the world using fewer resources.

In Tanzania, Sebastian... Read more