Growing People Who Grow Potatoes.
Supporting the cultivation of future leaders through life-changing experiences
Current Programs and Events
The potato industry Leadership Institute brings together outstanding potato growers and industry representatives for eight training and professional development days. The annual program is held in February with activities in a potato-growing region and Washington, D.C.
Participants will receive an overview of the local and national potato industry, including some of the challenges and issues beyond the production sector along with tours of local agricultural businesses.
The 2024 Leadership Institute will be held February 21 - March 1, 2024, beginning in the state of Idaho and ending in Washington, D.C.
Registration for the 2024 program is now closed.
For questions about the program email us at info@pleaf.org.
July 15-18, 2024
Gettysburg, PA
The Leadership in the Field: From Battlefield to Potato Field experience will offer unique opportunities that utilize the resources of America’s most revered battlefield to help facilitate experiential teaching and support effective leadership development.
At Gettysburg, ordinary people were asked to do extraordinary things.
Character, communication, team building, humility, flexibility, resilience, strategic or visionary thinking, problem-solving under pressure, and accountability are just a few of the many lessons for which experiential learning at Gettysburg is effective.
More information will be made available in early 2024 on this new program being held on the battlefields of Gettysburg.
The Potato Leadership, Education and Advancement Foundation (Potato LEAF) will award a $10,000 academic scholarship to one graduate-level student conducting research for the benefit of the potato industry. The winner is selected based on a number of criteria, including academic achievement, leadership abilities, potato-related areas of graduate study, benefit to the U.S. potato industry/commercial value, extracurricular activities, and grades.
The 2023 application period has closed.
Information on the 2024 applicaiton period will be available in April 2024.
For questions about the program email us at info@pleaf.org.