The Archer Daniels Midland Company has agreed to gift $1.5 million to Purdue University’s School of Agriculture. The money will be used to construct the ADM Agriculture Innovation Center. The center will feature 27,000 square feet of laboratory space and state of the art classrooms for advanced agricultural research. Senior vice president of ADM, Craig Huss stated, "As the global population continues to grow, the world is looking toward agriculture to create viable, sustainable solutions to some of the world’s most pressing needs – like an abundant food supply and advanced renewable fuels. To help our industry meet this challenge, ADM is pleased to invest in Purdue University." Huss also believes this honorable monetary gift will, "help develop the next generation of industry leaders.”
ADM has maintained a longstanding partnership with Purdue and has continued to prepare Purdue students to lead innovative initiatives in the agricultural arena, acoording to Purdue Universities distinguished commander in chief, President France A. Cordova. ADM has recruited more students from Purdue than any other university. Purdue is surely a world class institution and this generous gift shows that ADM supports only the best of the best.
Construction of the ADM Agricultural Innovation Center is scheduled to begin in May 2011.
What is ADM?
Archer Daniel Midland is a company that owns and operates over 270 food processing plants worldwide. The variouss plants process a variety of commodities such as- oil seeds and cereal grains, which are processed into products used in nutraceutical, food, beverage, industrial and animal feed industires/markets. ADM has also made plans to invest in bioenergy projects, which focus on both biodiesel and ethanol.
Oil/Meal Products derived from:
-Soybeans
-Canola
-Sunflower seeds
-Corn germ
-Corn gluleten feed pellets
-Cottonseed
-Flaxseed
Other Products:
-Syrup
-Peanuts
-Ethanol
-Glucose
-Dextrose
-High fructose corn syrup sweeteners
-Coca butter
-Coca liquor
-Cocoa powder
-Diacylglycerol oil
About Me
- Stephanie L.
- I received my BS degree in Food Science and Technology with a focus in manufacturing operations from Purdue University. I was also crowned Miss Purdue University in 2006 and was a Purdue University Cheerleader for several years. I had the opportunity to work within the food manufacturing industry for 3 years and was involved in several different functions. I have had the opportunity to develop a unique skill set, by working within the following departments: R&D, QA, customer service, nutritional labeling and manufacturing operations. I am currently in school at Morgan State University, pursuing an MBA with a focus in Marketing. My career goal is to become a Product & Brand Manager for a major fortune 500 food manufacturing company.
This is extremely important to the program which gives students hands-on experience to supplement classroom studies.
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