Farm Foundation is a U.S. nonprofit organization that provides non-partisan policy research and forums relating to agribusiness

Agribusiness

In agriculture, agribusiness is a generic term for the various businesses involved in food production, including farming and contract farming, seed supply, agrichemicals, farm machinery, wholesale and distribution, processing, marketing, and retail sales....

. Its headquarters are in Oak Brook, Illinois

Oak Brook, Illinois

Oak Brook is a village in DuPage and Cook Counties, in Illinois. The population was 8,702 at the 2000 census. A suburb of Chicago, it is the headquarters of McDonald's and Lions Clubs International.-History:...

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Farm Foundation was created in 1933 by Alexander Legge

Alexander Legge

Alexander Legge was a prominent American business executive, serving as president of International Harvester from 1922-1933. He performed public service during World War I on the War Industries Board and at the Versailles Peace Conference, and again during the Great Depression on the Federal Farm...

, the president of International Harvester

International Harvester

International Harvester Company was a United States agricultural machinery, construction equipment, vehicle, commercial truck, and household and commercial products manufacturer. In 1902, J.P...

, and former Illinois

Illinois

Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

 Governor Frank Orren Lowden

Frank Orren Lowden

Frank Orren Lowden was a Republican Party politician from Illinois, who served as the 25th Governor of Illinois and as a United States Representatives from Illinois...

. The organization hosts conferences (both on its own and in conjunction with other entities, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture), publishes reports relating to the U.S. agricultural economy, and facilitates meetings between U.S. agribusiness leaders and their counterparts in other countries.