LEADERSHIP
A farm-to-food solutions’ leader who dreams bigger and advocates healthier. Lucinda Perry Jones, Director of Strategic Initiatives at Operation Food Search
By Rochelle Brandvein
Imagine growing up in northeast Missouri on a 900-acre farm—never ending chores to be completed, animals to be cared for and fed. This type of 24/7 working lifestyle was a family affair for Lucinda Perry’s household. From a very young age, she wholeheartedly embraced this world—one that would eventually meld effortlessly with her adult life.
In Her Shoes Lucinda’s parents taught her every aspect of farm and livestock management, so much so that she reveals “ensuring people have access to nutritious food is in my DNA.” Her family farm consisted of raising hogs and cattle, along with 18 Lead Up for Women
May-June 2019
