New Exchange Program Introduces Young Adults to Corporate Agriculture
Left to right: Jenny Heaton, Lisa Schmid and Colin Steen relax for a moment at Syngenta Seeds, Inc., in Minnetonka, Minnesota.   For years, the International Farm Youth Exchange Association (IFYE) has offered young adults an opportunity to travel and learn about agriculture in a different country. Now, global agribusiness Syngenta is taking the program a step further by introducing a corporate component to the experience. This one-of-a-kind approach to agricultural education gives young adults the opportunity to job shadow in 6 RuralLeaderMag.com | April 2019
corporate settings as well as on farms - a practice that gives participants valuable industry insight as they prepare to enter into the workforce themselves.   Jenny Heaton, Syngenta head of people and organization development, decided to test this approach after first learning about IFYE at an agricultural diversity conference. She quickly saw the value in bringing the program into a corporate space and
