Washington Workshop - March 2009
WISHH Hosts Washington Seminar On Protein Needs In Developing Countries
March 12, 2009....The American Soybean Association's (ASA) World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH) hosted its annual Workshop in Washington, D.C. today in conjunction with the World Soy Foundation (WSF), a WISHH program. Participants, ranging from ASA members to international food assistance and development experts, examined opportunities to benefit people in developing countries at the conference titled Nutrition and Development: Filling the Protein Gap of Growing Populations through Local, Regional and International Responses.
The Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee and other Qualified State Soybean Boards sponsored the conference on behalf of WISHH. Industry supporters of WSF sponsoring the conference included: Cargill - gold-level sponsor; Solae - silver level sponsor; Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Bunge and The Monsanto Fund - bronze level sponsors.
The following presentations are downloadable in Adobe Acrobat .pdf format
- School Nutrition Programs: USDA Gates Feasibility Assessment Project - Mark Holt, USDA
- Satisfying A Hungry World: Food and Fuel - Ed Hegland, NBB
- Role of Protein in Therapeutic Feeding & Food by Prescription - Cade Fields-Gardner
- Nutrition and Sustainable Food Security - Catherine Feeney, WFP
- Soy Protein & Its Applications in Nutrition & Food Technology - Dr. Karl Weingartner and Bridget Owen, NSRL
- Breedlove Foods - Breakout Session on Ready to Use Therapeutic Foods & Other Fortified Foods - Elbia Galo, QA/R&D Manager
- Soy Goes to School - NSRL
- IRD, Liberia FY 2009-2012 - Breakout Session on School Feeding: Nutrition Delivery Options, Program Design & Evaluations - Dalia Emara, IRD
- Improved, Sustainable Nutrition and Community Development with the VitaGoat and SoyCow Systems - Malnutrition Matters
- Soy Extrusion Technologies For Development Programs - K. Arnold, InstaPro
