2011 September/October Issue - Land O'Lakes Inc.

CO-OP NEWSNews HeadlinesUpdate on recent First Run donation, John Brandt Memorial Foundation scholarshiprecipients and Policinski receiving Spurgeon Award.Land O’Lakes Donates Mac &Cheese to Three Food Banksas Part of First Run ProgramLand O’Lakes recently donated 113,400pounds, or nearly 57 tons, of macaroni andLeft - Right: Kendall Hanna, Executive Director of CentralPennsylvania Food Bank, Tom Wakefield, Land O’ Lakes Boardof Directors, and Congressman Tim Holden pose in front of theFirst Run product donation.cheese to three food banks across the countryto feed those in need of assistance. The foodbanks that received the donations were in Harrisburg,Pa., Cleveland, Ohio, and St. Paul, Minn.The donations were part of Land O’Lakes’ FirstRun program.The summer timing of the donations was appreciatedby the food banks. “During the schoolyear, many children receive freebreakfast and lunch throughschool programs,” said AnneGoodman, president and CEO,Cleveland Foodbank. “In thesummer, they are dependenton more food from home andsometimes go hungry withoutthe school-provided meals.”According to Feeding America,the nation’s largest domestichunger-related charity, manymore children are served by itsprograms in summer months,and 62 percent of the householdsits food bank membersserve include children underthe age of 18 who participate inschool lunch programs.“As a national, farmer-ownedc o o p e ra t i ve , L a n d O ’ L a ke sis committed to helping theg r ow i n g n u m b e r o f p e o p l es t r u g g l i n g t o p u t f o o d o ntheir table,” said Land O’LakesFoundation Executive DirectorLydia Botham. “The First Runp r o g ra m p r ov i d e s a u n i q u eopportunity for Land O’Lakesto provide fresh, nutritiousproducts to families in need.”In addition to Land O’Lakes members andemployees participating in the donationevents, U.S. Representatives Tim Holden andMarcia Fudge helped to unload the trucks andspoke to media and others gathered aboutthe need for awareness about hunger in theUnited States. Rep. Holden, from the 17thCongressional District of Pennsylvania, is amember of the Committee on Agriculture anda member of the Subcommittee on Livestock,Dairy, and Poultry. Rep. Fudge, from the 11thCongressional District of Ohio, is a memberof the Committee on Agriculture. !Midwest Graduate StudentsAwarded Land O’LakesFoundation ScholarshipsThe Land O’Lakes Foundation has announcedthe 2011 winners of the John Brandt MemorialFoundation scholarship: Sarah Engstrom, M.S.student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison;and Kevin Herrick, Ph.D. student at SouthDakota State University.The John Brandt Memorial Foundation scholarshipprogram supports graduate studentspursuing work in dairy animal, food scienceor agribusiness at one of four eligible institutions:Iowa State University, South DakotaState University, University of Minnesota andUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison.This year’s winners are both studying dairy science.Engstrom is currently working on modelingthe survival and growth of certain strains of bacteriain order to develop a predictive methodologyfor cheese handling and storage. Herrick isstudying the effect of enhancing the butyrate28 growingtogether www.landolakesinc.com