Partner with the Collaborative to engage in industry-leading conversations, develop your leaders, and help drive food systems innovation. To explore a partnership or request the prospectus, contact [email protected].
Ways to engage
Food Systems Innovation Summit
November 13, 2026
Shape, connect, and inspire. Our Food Systems Innovation Summit brings together a diverse set of multidisciplinary thinkers and doers identifying and pursuing key leverage points in making food systems flourish for all. Sponsorship puts your brand at the center of that conversation — and gives your team direct access to the ideas and relationships emerging from it, along with the clearest stage on which to share your own work and attract world-class talent.
Innovation Council
Convene throughout the year
Industry-leading problem-solving. Join a peer council of food sector leaders that meets through the year to tackle shared challenges. Members will shape the Collaborative’s research agenda and curriculum priorities, influence the skills and knowledge students bring to the industry, and collaborate on industry-wide questions.
Student Projects
One semester · faculty-guided
A faculty-guided student team can take on a live challenge for your organization, whether a market analysis, a supply-chain question, a certification or brand-strategy study, or a new product concept. The work pairs rigorous business training with genuine passion for food systems, and faculty oversight keeps it grounded, practical, and useful.
Executive Education
Multi-day cohorts
World-class talent development. Support your leaders with programming designed exclusively for food systems innovators — food systems education, financing, supply chain, and regulatory strategy. Participants sharpen management skills, build a grounding in systems innovation, and engage directly with food systems work across the San Francisco Bay Area. Offerings span C-suite leadership intensives, programs for rising leaders, and custom engagements built around your company’s specific challenges and markets.
Recruiting
Ongoing
Hire leaders ready to make an impact. Access a growing pipeline of graduates who chose Haas specifically for its food systems depth, and who are well-equipped to navigate quickly changing environments. From internship previews and on-campus interviews to classroom engagement and case study partnerships, the Collaborative gives your team direct, ongoing access to candidates who combine business rigor with genuine food systems fluency.
To explore a partnership or request the prospectus, contact [email protected].
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