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Finsbury Glover Hering is representing Land O’Lakes food cooperative on agricultural sustainability and rural broadband issues.
The Arden Hills, MN, based company has been working with Microsoft and Watch Communications to address the rural broadband gap, which affects more than 18M Americans, according to the Federal Communications Commission.
Sixty percent of farmers say they lack the necessary connectivity to run their business.
Land O’Lakes, which generated $14B in 2019 revenues, also is working to bridge the digital divide with awareness and advocacy through its American Connection Project.
FGH has Grant Leslie, head of its food practice; Karla Thieman, ex-chief of staff to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack during the Obama administration; and Kevin Bailey, a policy advisor to Vilsack, working the Land O’Lakes account.
WPP is majority owner of FGH.
Land O’Lakes in October broke a consumer campaign tagged “Eat It Like You Own It” that was timed to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the company.
Battery, a creative shop of Havas Media, developed the advertising.
Miller Strategies, the well-connected Republican firm, has inked a $1.5M one-year consulting contract from Emirates Global Aluminum, the biggest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside the oil & gas sector.
Anthropic, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence start-up, has retained Republican powerhouse firm Fierce Government Relations for DC representation.
Chad Horrell, who was senior manager for government relations at DoorDash, has joined BGR Group as VP in its state and local practice.
Continental Strategy, which has close ties with the Trump administration, has registered Geneva-based Rolex as a client for services regarding the tariffs on watch imports.
Kimberly-Clark calls on Ballard Partners as it moves to acquires Kenvue, maker of Tylenol. 
