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CEO Richard Lackey appoints Scott Brown as President

Richard Lackey, the CEO of the World Food Bank, is delighted to announce the appointment of Scott Brown to the role of President of the World Food Bank. Scott brings more than 30 years of executive leadership experience in engineering, banking and microfinance to the World Food Bank team. Through his role as President, Scott will work alongside Richard to lead the strategic management of food production, processing, market trading, and funds sourcing. A UK and Canadian passport holder, Scott lives in London. Through Scott’s appointment to the role of President, the World Food Bank now assumes a global footprint with operations in the U.S., Europe, and Africa.

Partner Highlight: Jibu

This month, the World Food Bank sat down for a chat with Randy Welsch, co-founder of Jibu. In 2010, Randy Welsch and his son Galen both found themselves at turning points. Randy, a former software executive, had just sold his technology company and was working as an NGO contractor to research why so many water projects in emerging markets were not sustainable...

Book Review: Code of Trust

Our CEO Richard Lackey reviews "Code of Trust" by Robin Dreeke and Camerone Stauth, a book that is required reading for all World Food Bank Staff.

World Food Bank: Partner Integration

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Moving Forward: Soya Farming in Uganda

We are excited to announce that we continue to move forward on plans to expand our operations in soya farming in Uganda, and we are currently working to finalize paperwork on a property. Read more.

Addressing Food Insecurity in Ethiopia

We are pleased to report that our leadership team recently returned from a successful trip to Ethiopia where they met with government leaders, local ministries, and nationally-recognized manufacturing companies to discuss our plans to move forward with the production of fortified cereals, in order to fill gaps in the market and provide greater access to nutritional foods for Ethiopians. Read more.

WFB Road Trips: Host us in your city in 2018!

In December, we hosted a full room at our Impact Investing Luncheon in Denver, with our co-presenters from Jibu, and we send a hearty thank you to everyone who attended and gave positive feedback. In 2018, we'll be taking this presentation on the road, and we're currently looking to target 3-4 cities across the U.S.

Interested in hosting the World Food Bank in your hometown? Please send us an email to discuss!

Join Us in Africa this Spring

The World Food Bank is headed to Africa this spring, and you're invited to join us! In January, we'll be taking a small group of individuals interested in impact investing on a tour of our operations in East Africa. In May, we'll tour East Africa and join our small holder farmers on the ground during harvest season. Spaces for both trips are limited. If you are interested in traveling with us, please send us an email today.

Making systemic change to the global food and agriculture system requires participation and commitment from a variety of sectors - from government to NGO to business. The graphic below illustrates our goals and approach to partner integration. We're proud to work with collaborators in each of these sectors who share our commitment to systemic change.

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Together, we can resolve food insecurity.

At the World Food Bank, our mission is to leverage extended shelf-life food storage technologies to resolve the world's most pressing food security challenges. We invite you to learn more about our work and to join us in making lasting, systemic change to the global food system that benefits all stakeholders, from farmers to investors to traders to processors. Learn more.

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