# Farm Foundation

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{{Short description|American trust for agriculture}}'''Farm Foundation''' is an organization set up as a trust in 1933 by [Alexander Legge](/source/Alexander_Legge), with the goal of improving the economics of agriculture in the United States. It is based in Oak Brook, Illinois. 

Henry C. Taylor was the first manage director. Today, the foundation engages in areas such as land conservation, sustainability, farmer health, new technologies, and education<ref>{{Cite web |title=Become a Corporate Partner |url=https://www.farmfoundation.org/get-involved/seeders/ |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=Farm Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Details==
Its headquarters are in [Oak Brook, Illinois](/source/Oak_Brook%2C_Illinois).

Farm Foundation was created in 1933 by [Alexander Legge](/source/Alexander_Legge), the president of [International Harvester](/source/International_Harvester), and former [Illinois](/source/Illinois) Governor [Frank Orren Lowden](/source/Frank_Orren_Lowden).<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1943/04/04/archives/lowden-will-aids-tenant-farmers-exgovernor-of-illinois-leaves.html  “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)]</ref> The organization hosts Forums, dialogues and conferences (both on its own and in conjunction with other entities, including the [U.S. Department of Agriculture](/source/U.S._Department_of_Agriculture)),<ref>[http://domesticfuel.com/2008/10/16/schafer-tells-farm-foundation-to-get-ready-for-breakthroughs/ “Schafer Tells Farm Foundation to Get Ready for Breakthroughs,” Domestic Fuel Magazine, October 16, 2008]</ref> publishes Issue Reports relating important agricultural topics to stakeholders involved in agriculture in North America,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.biofuelreview.com/content/view/1659/1/ |title="Report looks at complex factors that drive food prices," Biofuel Review, July 29, 2008 |access-date=October 28, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930161747/http://www.biofuelreview.com/content/view/1659/1/ |archive-date=September 30, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and helps build the next generation of successful [agribusiness](/source/agribusiness) professionals through its Cultivator and Agricultural Scholars programs.

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