It was an honor to give the keynote speech at the 2015 Southwest Ag Summit. In my presentation, I told my story and shared why it's important for everyone in the agriculture business to share theirs.

2. Hi, I’m Lori
…and this is My Story

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4. “I don’t care if you’re loading
product on the dock or sitting in a
corner office with other executives –
you can make a difference.” – Lori

5. Wife & Mother of 2

6. “I help bring food to people’s
celebrations.” - Maria

7. “Passion is what weeds people out of
our industry – the passionate ones are
the players that stay in the game.” - Lori

8. X Not qualified
X No background or experience
X Low sales performance
X More focused on family than career

9. “Yes, I have an idea. And I think it’s a
really big idea. I think we should start a
blog – I could author it and we could
call it “The Produce Mom.”’ – Lori

10. “I would like to see more businesses do
what
Indianapolis Fruit Company
has done for me.” - Lori

11. February 2012 February 2015

12. 70 new website domains are
registered every 60 seconds
Source: internetlivestats.com
There are over 1 billion websites
online today
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