Beth Ford
CEO of Land O'Lakes | Farmer-Owned Cooperative Leadership
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Beth Ford leads Land O'Lakes, a nearly 100-year-old farmer-owned cooperative and major food production company. As President and CEO, she has modernized the organization's operations and supply chain while maintaining its cooperative roots.
Ford's keynotes draw on her decades of experience building high-performing teams and scaling mission-driven businesses. Her insights inspire audiences to embrace change, drive innovation, and put purpose at the heart of commercial strategy.
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What farmers need to be modern, climate-friendly and profitable
Farming feeds all of us -- yet in rural communities, farmers are under pressure from mounting climate volatility and limited access to modern tools like the internet. How can agriculture stay resilient and grow with the times? Beth Ford, CEO of the farming co-op Land O'Lakes, shares her plan to establish broadband as a basic right nationwide and talks through an exciting range of climate-friendly innovations aimed at making farmers more sustainable and profitable. (This virtual conversation, hosted by TED business curator Corey Hajim, was recorded March 2, 2020.)
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