We can develop a strong, mutually beneficial partnership that helps your company innovate while advancing the entire agrifood system.

Leveraging Purdue University’s brand, expertise, and neutrality we will help you build a competitive moat around your company that delivers lasting advantage.

• Facilitates shared research and insights so members don’t have to spend months educating generalist consultants.
• Drives collective innovation topics that members can explore together.
• Guides members on how to turn insights into application—answering not just the “what” but the “so what” and “then what.” We help members understand what research results truly mean and how they can be applied within their companies.
• Builds partnerships and knowledge flow between agrifood corporations hungry for growth.
• Brings Purdue’s brand recognition and resources—faculty, researchers, data, and more—to our members, serving as a trusted bridge between academia and the private sector.

The consortium is working on collaborative, research-based innovation that improves competitiveness across the entire agrifood system.

FASIC is not just a research consortium—it’s a strategic lever. We guide members through the what, so what, and then what—helping them understand not just the insights themselves, but why they matter and how they can be applied. The result: members turn research into innovation strategies, new products, systems, or business models that accelerate top-line growth and reduce risk, all while strengthening their position as a thought leader in the agrifood sector.

FASIC works closely with The Purdue Center for Food Demand Analysis and Sustainability (CFDAS), which plays a supporting role in the Consortium.

Rooted in rigorous research and holistic system thinking—combining consumer behavior, production ag, and value-chain economics—Purdue provides:

• Proprietary research that informs strategy roadmaps
• Cross-value-chain networking linking brands with innovation-ready suppliers
• Benchmark data and curated introductions across the entire agrifood ecosystem

Purdue Track Record:

• #1 Most Recognized Public University in the U.S. (American Caldwell, 2025)
• Top 10 Most Innovative School in the U.S. (U.S. News, 7 years running)
• #1 Public University for Graduation Fortune 500 CEOs (Strategas, 2024)
• Top 10 U.S. Public University (QS World Ranking)

Consortium members get access to high-impact, invite-only workshops—immersive strategy labs designed to turn research into actionable innovation roadmaps.

But they go further: members also drive collective innovation topics together, tackling shared challenges and opportunities that no single company could solve on its own. By collaborating with senior leaders across the agrifood value chain, members gain fresh perspectives, peer benchmarks, and practical strategies they can apply immediately.

Consortium members gain access to cutting-edge research like the Food as Health Opportunity Map, which identifies where the agriculture value chain can integrate nutrition and health outcomes into profitable innovation.

This framework highlights meta-jobs such as integrating agrifood innovations into health care, creating scalable supply systems for medically supportive foods, and mobilizing the industry around evidence-based nutrition solutions.

Spanning every stage of the value chain — from input manufacturing to food manufacturing — this map provides members with clear, evidence-backed pathways to align product development, sustainability, and consumer demand with measurable health outcomes.

This Food as Health Opportunity Map represents only one of the many actionable research insights produced for consortium members.

Email lmonacon@purdue.edu for more information.