Athena Gates

Managing the local agriculture operations and raw supply. Managing the local field department that includes Field Representatives, Raw Planning Manager, and various hourly employees. Liaison between agriculture and local processing facility. Promotes safety, sustainability, and supports the agriculture strategy team.

Co-lead of the Agronomic Resilience HPT driving regenerative agriculture adoption and yield SCA goals. Performed innovative on-farm research. Lead potato variety development. Monitored and reported on crop health. Implemented grower improvement plans. Continued Field Representative duties as well.

Liaison between contracted growers and the processing facility. Temporarily supervised department mechanics and equipment operators. Assisted Agronomist in daily activities. Assisted scheduling of raw to meet production requirements. Managed company storages. Monitored and sampled the potato crop during the growing and storage seasons.

Learned about potato production and processing. Assisted Field Representatives and Agronomist in daily activities.