MINNEAPOLIS – SAINT PAUL, October 16, 2020 /3BL Media/ – Today, CEOs and executive leaders from many of the world's largest food and agriculture companies and key research institutions celebrated the launch of MBOLD™, a coalition that brings together Minnesota's unique array of global leaders to address major challenges facing the food and agriculture sectors.

位于明尼苏达州的食品和农业业务在滋养我们的星球，将农民与市场联系起来以及驱动从根本上塑造世界饮食方式的创新方面发挥了重要作用。MBOLD的成员吸引了全球125多个国家 /地区的消费者，并将年收入总额超过2500亿美元。明尼苏达州也是明尼苏达大学和其他世界一流研究机构的所在地，这些研究机构正在催化解决方案，以满足我们星球自然界内对食物日益增长的需求。

“The MBOLD coalition seeks to harness the power, reach and expertise of our members to accelerate practical solutions to pressing global challenges and drive real impact,” said Jeff Harmening, Chairman and CEO of General Mills and Co-Chair of MBOLD. “Minnesota's unique cluster of leaders is collaborating on some of the biggest challenges facing our food system and we are poised to lead the way to a more sustainable future."

Powered by the GREATER MSP Partnership, MBOLD includes CEOs and other c-suite leaders fromCargill, Compeer Financial, Ecolab, General Mills, Hormel Foods, Land O’ Lakes, Inc., Schwan’s Company, Target, and the University of Minnesota以及Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, the Minnesota AgriGrowth Council, Grow North和麦肯锡公司.

Target和Mbold联合主席的食品和饮料总裁Stephanie Lundquist说：“ MBold体现了我们地区的独特力量，通过集体承诺，有机会产生巨大影响。”“通过共同努力，创新并推动地面行动，我们可以加速变革和进步，以应对食品系统中一些最关键的挑战。”

“Our world is facing unprecedented and urgent challenges and we need food and agriculture to be part of the solution. The need to collaborate better and faster to drive innovation has never been greater,” said MBOLD Managing Director, JoAnne Berkenkamp. “To have so many leaders of this caliber join forces is a testament to the leadership based here in Minnesota and our potential to help solve critical challenges.”

Through the MBOLD coalition, leaders are working to accelerate solutions to a range of challenges. Priority areas include:

• 土壤健康和水管理– As climate change continues to strain the natural resources that nourish our world, MBOLD is working to develop more regenerative and resilient agriculture systems that build soil health, protect water resources and diversify farm incomes.
• Circular Economies for Packaging- 每年在我们的食品系统之外和之外使用大量的柔性胶片包装，但是在美国，该包装的不到4％是回收的。Mbold致力于通过推动灵活电影的循环经济发展来改变这种情况。
• 创新和企业家精神- MBOLD将来自世界各地的企业家和创新者的破坏性思想与大型全球公司的敏锐度和覆盖范围汇集在一起​​，以推动解决当今主要挑战的解决方案。
• Food Insecurity in The Face Of COVID-19- Covid-19造成了前所未有的经济困难，并加快了美国和世界各地的粮食不安全感。MBOLD正在探索私营部门和公共部门一起找到解决方案的方法。
• 天赋- 鉴于其企业和机构的全球影响力，明尼苏达州是世界上在粮食和农业领域建立职业生涯的最佳场所之一。Mbold正在动员一支世界一流的劳动力，他们的才能和承诺将进步加速到粮食和农业面临的最大挑战。

“粮食和农业部门是我们历史的核心，它是我们当前经济的支柱，”大MSP总裁兼首席执行官彼得·弗罗斯（Peter Frosch）说。“这项努力保证明尼苏达州将成为世界需求的解决方案的来源，它将增强我们地区的竞争优势。”

MBOLD于10月16日作为明尼苏达州庆祝世界粮食日的一部分推出。

To watch the entire program, visit:mbold.org

关于mbold

在MBOLD™联盟，我们认为，粮食和农业的未来必须是滋养全球人口不断增长的同时，同时保护和维护地球自然资源基地，以使几代人的几代人的自然资源基础。我们共同努力加速解决方案，以应对食品和农业领域面临的最紧迫的挑战，尤其是我们不断变化的气候和其他自然资源挑战，并寻求满足2050年预计将达到100亿人口的全球人口营养需求。

About GREATER MSP

GREATER MSP is the economic development partnership for the 15-county Minneapolis Saint Paul region. Over 200 leading businesses, universities, cities, counties, philanthropies and others are working together to accelerate the competitiveness of the regional economy and drive inclusive economic growth through job creation, capital investment and the execution of strategic initiatives.