Blog Update

Using Big Ideas to Thwart an Invasive Invader

According to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), fall armyworm was first confirmed on the African continent in 2016. This destructive pest can feed on 80 different crop species, including corn, a food staple in Africa. It has been found in more than 30 African countries and poses a serious threat to the food security, income and livelihoods of people.

Blog Update

Putting a Passion for Agriculture and Food Security into Action

As participants in the Land O’Lakes Global Food Challenge during the 2017–18 academic year, we learned a great deal about how business can have a positive effect on advancing agriculture, helping mitigate food insecurity and turning something that seems insignificant into something transformative. Our roles as Emerging Leaders in the program changed us forever and helped us further guide our career paths to an agricultural focus.

Let’s put an end to global hunger.

Wanted: Inspired college students to create a more hopeful future.

Global hunger, meet your match.

The Global Food Challenge

By2050

9 Billion+ People

- Will Need -

70% More Food

The Program

What we're doing to help.

Emerging Leaders for Food Security™. A unique summer program.

College students from select leading universities

Finding new ways to feed the world using fewer resources.

Learn more about the program

Meet the Emerging Leaders

Emerging Leaders for Food Security, 2019

Meet inspired college students who are working with Land O’Lakes experts to find new ways to address food security.

“As an Emerging Leader, the opportunities are endless: the opportunity to learn and understand world hunger, to grow professionally and to lead on my campus.”

- Logan Glassburn, Purdue University, Emerging Leader, 2019

“I am passionate about producing food efficiently and in a way that conserves our environment for our posterity to continue.”

- Erik Ohman, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Emerging Leader, 2019

“I am excited to be working with a cross-functional team composed of unique individuals with a common goal: finding solutions to feed the world through the Global Food Challenge.”

- A'ysha Callahan, Alabama A&M University, Emerging Leader, 2019

“I am ready to be a part of the Global Food Challenge so we can begin to search our diverse pool of agriculture to develop a more sustainable future and to feed human progress.”

- Riley Sleichter, Kansas State University, Emerging Leader, 2019

“I’ve always had a passion for learning and problem solving. This is where my interest in the Global Food Challenge comes from – when I see a problem, I want to find a solution.”

- Anna Jaspers, Iowa State University, Emerging Leader, 2019

“I aspire to contribute to a dedicated team working together to find innovative food solutions because saving food means saving lives.”

- Claire Lentsch, University of Minnesota, Emerging Leader, 2019

Make a Difference

What you can do.

Graduating from college in 2021?
Apply now for a Global Food Challenge fellowship –
and a chance to change the world.

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