AgFunder Advisor Kip Tom Nominated US Food & Ag Ambassador to the United Nations
Kip Tom has been nominated to serve as the US Ambassador to the United Nations for Food and Agriculture.
“Whether it is information and technology or equipment technology, there are technologies that will help our agriculture industry deliver a sustainable, affordable, and nutritious supply of food to global consumers,”
Tom, who runs Tom Farms in Leesburg, Indiana with operations in Argentina, served on President Donald Trump’s agriculture advisory committee during his presidential campaign. Under his leadership, Tom Farms became the largest contract seed producer for DuPont Pioneer, and is currently one of Monsanto’s largest seed makers running an operation of nearly 20,000 acres.
Tom is a keen proponent of agrifood tech adoption across the sector, trialing many startup technologies Tom Farms where his colleagues have in recent weeks been working with AgFunder portfolio firm Solinftec as one of Solinftec’s inaugural US shoppers. But today we are at the dawn of a new area in agriculture as it relates to technology and its impact to productivity; it is my belief that the agtech trade can play a critical role around the world in developing nations. If we have the ability, we have the obligation.
I challenge all of you in agtech to get involved.” Tom serves on the boards of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, the Future Farmers of America Foundation, and the National 4-H Foundation. He is also the recipient of the 2015 Agriculture Future of America Ag Leader of the Year Award.
- Who: United Nations · Food · Tom Farms · US Ambassador
