Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative and Land O’Lakes Foundation to Distributed 2,160 Gallons of Milk in Joint Effort

June 8, 2020 Land O'Lakes, Inc.

Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative in partnership with the Land O’Lakes Foundation distributed 2,160 gallons of Maola milk in New Windsor, Maryland on May 30, 2020.

Land O’Lakes CEO Beth Ford Shares the Real Reason the Brand Ditched its ‘Butter Maiden’

While the change was widely seen as a response to the pressure companies face to reevaluate outdated or insensitive symbols, CEO Beth Ford says the decision was more about what the farmer-owned co-op wanted to communicate rather than what it didn’t.

Land O’Lakes CEO On Why Some Farmers Are Dumping Milk

Land O’Lakes does a lot more than just make butter, though that may be what the company is best known for. The business is a farmer-owned cooperative that also sells animal feed, seed and crop protection products and other dairy products.

Land O’Lakes Erases American Indian “Butter Maiden” From Packaging

April 17, 2020 KATE GIBSON, CBS News

As it approaches its 100th anniversary, Lands O’Lakes is marking the occasion with a new look. Namely, it’s kicking the American Indian maiden off the butter box holding its signature product.

Land O’Lakes Wants to Introduce you to the Farmer Behind Your Butter

February 13, 2020 Land O'Lakes, Inc.

A year and a half into her new role as CEO of Land O’Lakes, Beth Ford decided it was time do a company-wide strategic review. One of her biggest takeaways as she poured over every facet of the business: Many consumers did not realize that Land O’Lakes is a farmer-owned cooperative.