Women bring a unique perspective and power to an organization. They drive cultural change, effective solutions and teamwork. Skills that are underappreciated and needed in the world today.

Awareness and education are key to fundamental change - our industry has historically done an outstanding job for both. Imagine leveraging that same power, which has dramatically changed our food systems, to positively impact gender equality. Just like our desire to make better-for-you-food accessible to all human, not too distant in the future, the hope is, we're celebrating one another every day, with a focus on gender being obsolete

Beyond the social justice, the world has a huge economic growth opportunity in closing the gender gap. The economic growth of the top five gender neutral countries are ranked by the World Economic Forum exceeded the US by 20%.

It is so critical for our industry to have more female leaders in business and science because we bring care, understanding and insights that men simply don't have. Women make up the majority of our consumer base and have a comprehensive understanding of community. It is not about having women for women's sake , but to value those experienced and capable individuals for who they are

We must be relentless in our pursuit of oportunity and equality for women in our industry today, in order to empower them to have equal influence and impact on the decisions that will lead to a better and healthier world, and pave the way for future generations.