The Table is Set at Lundquist College of Business

Oregon is known by many across the world for its incredible food, beverage, and agricultural products. Temperate climate and rich soils allow Oregon to produce more than 250 commodity crops, with almost all of these being produced on the west side of the Cascades in the Willamette Valley. Anchoring the southern Willamette Valley, the greater Eugene area alone is home to 172 food and beverage manufacturing companies that employ more than 4,000 people. Any reasonable estimate suggests that this is a billion-dollar industry operating in direct proximity to Lundquist College of Business and the University of Oregon.

Students from all over the world come to the University of Oregon for the opportunity to study business in a community with a rich food culture and substantial career opportunities is an attractive proposition.

Many Lundquist College alumni are also the entrepreneurs behind some of the region’s most exciting companies, including Brew Dr. Kombucha, Red Duck Foods, Picky Bars, Sohr Foods, and Wheyward Spirit. Still more alumni bring their skills to management positions at such established operations as King Estate Winery, East West Tea Company (makers of Yogi Tea and Choice Tea), Organically Grown Company, and Springfield Creamery (makers of Nancy’s Probiotic Foods)—just to name a few.