ConAgra Foods, one of America’s leading food companies, has announced that Howard G. Buffett has joined its board of directors.


Buffett, 47, serves on the corporate boards of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Coca-Cola Enterprises and Lindsay Manufacturing.


A businessman from Assumption, Illinois, Buffett is also president of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, president of Buffett Farms, and president of BioImages, a photography and publishing company.


Buffett also serves on non-profit boards that support conservation and education issues. Some of the boards include the Commission on Presidential Debates, the World Wildlife Fund National Council, The Nature Conservation Trust, Ecotrust and the Africa Foundation.