Farm Foundation

Farm Foundation is a U.S. nonprofit organization that provides non-partisan policy research and forums relating to agribusiness. Its headquarters are in Oak Brook, Illinois.

Farm Foundation was created in 1933 by Alexander Legge, the president of International Harvester, and former Illinois Governor Frank Orren Lowden.[1] The organization hosts conferences (both on its own and in conjunction with other entities, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture),[2] publishes reports relating to the U.S. agricultural economy,[3] and facilitates meetings between U.S. agribusiness leaders and their counterparts in other countries.[4]

References

  1. ↑ “LOWDEN WILL AIDS TENANT FARMERS; Ex-Governor of Illinois Leaves Plantation of 21,000 Acres in Arkansas to Farm Foundation,” New York Times, April 4, 1943 (fee access required)
  2. ↑ “Schafer Tells Farm Foundation to Get Ready for Breakthroughs,” Domestic Fuel Magazine, October 16, 2008
  3. ↑ “Report looks at complex factors that drive food prices,” Biofuel Review, July 29, 2008
  4. ↑ “Farm group's Cuba trip hits federal roadblock,” Chicago Tribune, January 5, 2002 (library card access required)


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