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Grant Lundberg

Chief Executive Officer
Lundberg Family Farms
Grant Lundberg is chief executive officer of Lundberg Family Farms, the nation’s leading producer of organic and eco-farmed rice and rice products. He is a member of the third generation of the Lundberg family, which has owned and operated a rice farming, processing and marketing business in the Sacramento Valley since it was founded by his grandparents in 1937. Today the Lundberg family is made up of over 50 members in the second, third, fourth and fifth generations. Lundberg Family Farms is owned by 40 family members across the second, third and fourth generations. Grant Lundberg is a graduate of California Polytechnic State University with a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Management, with a concentration in Farm Management. He earned a Master of Science in Agricultural Economics from Iowa State University and joined the family business in 1987. Twelve years later he was selected by the Board of Directors to lead the company. An outspoken advocate of non-GMO farming, Grant Lundberg served on the Board of Directors of the Non-GMO Project. He was also the co-chair of the California Right to Know Campaign, which supported labeling of foods containing GMOs. Grant served on the Rodale Institute Board of Directors for six years starting in 2013. Rodale which works to promote organic farming methods around the world. Grant was a member of the Board of Directors for Frontier Natural Products Cooperative of Cedar Rapids, Iowa for six years and finished his service in 2016. In November of 2020 Grant notified the Board of Directors of his retirement on December 31, 2021. The Board of Directors is recruiting for his replacement. Grant is excited to move on to his next phase in life.

SESSIONS

ESG, DEI and the Family Business Speaker

Discussion and Interactive Working Session 

What are ESG and DEI, and why do they matter to family-owned businesses?  This session will explore the ABCs of ESG (environmental, social and governance issues) and DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) and how these principles can address a family business’ values and social purpose, and address the concerns of the NextGen, customers and other stakeholders.

After the discussion, participants will have the opportunity to work on an ESG exercise to identify ways in which their businesses can enhance and promote what they’re already doing, and what they plan to do in the future.