Kenta Nakatsuka, a Land O’Lakes Scholarship recipient, grew up helping his parents cultivate vegetables and rice. But his interest in food really developed in the kitchen. “I love eating,” he says. “I would sit beside my mother and cut vegetables and learn how to make things.”

At first, Nakatsuka, who grew up in in Okayama, Japan, wanted to become a chef, but instead turned to science... Read more

Land O’Lakes Scholar Anna Aukes has fond childhood memories of selling her family’s produce at the farmer’s market in Blue Earth, Minnesota. “It was me, my sister, and my two neighbors,” she recalls. “We had our own little business.” Although she enjoyed helping grow the food she sold, agriculture wasn’t initially her career plan. “I wanted to be an artist, then I wanted to work for NASA, and... Read more

Emerging Leaders from the University of Minnesota: front row L-R: Audrey Sebastian, Rachel Anderson  back row L-R: Peri Warren, Katie Atkins

Four exceptional U of M sophomores are among the recently selected Global Food Challenge Emerging Leaders for 2016-2017. Rachel Anderson, Katie Atkins, Audrey Sebastian, and Peri Warren are part of Land O’Lakes’ efforts to find... Read more

Land O’Lakes played a key role in the 4th Annual International HR Case Competition, the only truly international, graduate-level, HR-focused event of its kind in the world. It was held November 10-12, 2016, and hosted by the Center for Human Resources and Labor Studies at the Carlson School of Management.

Six teams representing Australia, China, India, South Korea, and the U.S. had... Read more

Thanks to funding from Land O’Lakes, two newly-renovated spaces on the St. Paul campus were opened at a festive ribbon-cutting ceremony on December 2. They feature new technology and spaces that foster collaborative work and learning for students and faculty in the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS)—an important source of talent for the company.

The... Read more

Excitement mounted during a break at the Dec. 6 Golden Gophers men’s basketball game when two students came to center court with Land O’Lakes representatives Brandi DeVries and Heidi Riese. Goldy Gopher spun the prize wheel, which selected Ryan Thompson as the lucky winner of a $1,000 scholarship from Land O’Lakes. Thompson is a freshman anthropology major in the College of Liberal Arts.... Read more

Seven Minnesota high school students traveled to the Global Youth Institute competition to present their ideas, learn more about pressing food and agricultural issues, and interact with World Food Prize Laureates and experts from around the world. Land O’Lakes sponsorship made it possible for the students to attend the institute in Des Moines, Iowa, in October.

The prestigious Global... Read more

In September 2014, Land O’Lakes announced a landmark $25 million investment in the University of Minnesota through the year 2024. How is this investment making a difference? Find out by watching this short video highlighting some of the “greatest hits” of our partnership during the last two years.