World Soy Foundation At Work
August 2009
Thanks to our many supporters, the World Soy Foundation is bringing nutrition to life in developing countries around the globe.
Cargill Textured Soy Protein Goes to WSF Food Security for Kids Initiative
Guatemalan children eat soy at a community center that nourishes 300 children, two meals a day. Cargill Textured Soy Protein will ensure children get adequate protein regularly.A shipping container of textured soy protein produced at Cargill’s Cedar Rapids, Iowa facility will improve diets in Guatemala where the World Soy Foundation’s efforts contribute to the food security of children in poverty stricken areas. In addition to working with Guatemalan school feeding programs, WSF and local Cargill employee volunteers will collaborate with a pediatrics association that will offer the soy protein at a community center; this organization serves 300 kids with two meals a day six days a week. Many of these children come from impoverished families that make their living picking through trash for something to use or sell.
World Soy Foundation Executive Director Jim Hershey traveled to Guatemala in late June to meet with program organizers, observe soy cooking training programs and meet with Cargill’s in-country staff. Last year, Cargill awarded the World Soy Foundation a $500,000, three-year grant to work with organizations in Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua to distribute donated soy, educate recipients about nutrition and hygiene, and evaluate the nutritional impact of select projects.
Soybean Farmer Support Grows for the Acre Challenge
Nearly 150 soybean farmers from across the nation as well as Brazil have now supported the World Soy Foundation’s Acre Challenge. Farmers created the Acre Challenge because they wanted a personal opportunity to respond to global hunger.
Click here to learn details as well as an opportunity to contribute to the Acre Challenge.
Nebraska Farmers Raise Funds to Help Abused Girls in Guatemala
Saunders County Nebraska soybean growers are a prime example of how farming communities continue to find innovative local ways to raise funds to bring the benefits of soy to the lives of people around the world. Saunders County Nebraska farmers are making the final push in their campaign to purchase a SoyCow unit through the World Soy Foundation as well as provide the soybeans, install equipment and train recipients to make a long-term difference in the lives of abused girls in Guatemala.
St. Louis Post Dispatch Features World Soy Foundation Editorial on School Feeding and Ghana
The St. Louis Post Dispatch published Jim Hershey’s editorial relating how President Obama’s July trip to Ghana can draw attention to lessons on reducing hunger. It highlights the WhiteWave Foods support of World Soy Foundation and Adventist Development and Relief’s success in feeding children in Ghana.
World Soy Foundation Board Adopts New Logo and Tagline
To reinforce its humanitarian message, the World Soy Foundation board approved a new logo and tagline in July. We hope you like our new look and reminder that the World Soy Foundation is “bringing nutrition to life.”
