Advocating for equity in agriculture is going to take all of us working together. To that end, we convened corporate partners from across the U.S., leaders from the National MANRRS organization and 19 Historically-Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) through the 1890 Foundation, at the Purina Research Farm in Gray Summit, Missouri in early December.

At this key summit, we brainstormed how we can work together to increase awareness, access, and close the opportunity gap of underrepresentation in agriculture.

One of the highlights of the event was being able to host Land O'Lakes leaders who are HBCU alumni themselves, to talk about their own experiences. We're so grateful to the cross-functional team from across Land O'Lakes who made this event possible, from the planning team, to our Land O'Lakes Foundation and Community Relations partners, to our executive leaders who supported and attended this event.

Stay tuned to learn more about this inaugural meeting and what will come next from these partnerships and conversations in 2023.

If you want to learn more about our long-standing partnership with Minorities in Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences, go here. You can also learn about our commitments to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion here.