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 […]
This month, the World Food Bank sat down for a chat with Randy Welsch, co-founder of Jibu. Read on to learn more about the mission of this innovative company and our plans to work together in Africa. In 2010, Randy Welsch and his son Galen both found themselves at turning points. Randy, a former software […]
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. WFB plans to manufacture and sell these cereals in Ethiopia in order to […]
We are excited to announce that we continue to move forward on plans to expand our operations in soya farming in Uganda. We have identified several properties in country, and we are currently working to complete paperwork on the purchase of one of them. We plan to begin farming the land in February, and we […]
You are cordially invited to join us at the World Food Bank Impact Investing Luncheon on Tuesday, December 19th from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Maggiano’s Little Italy in the Denver Tech Center. At this luncheon, we will explore the World Food Bank’s operations in emerging markets in East Africa and all of the […]
World Soil Day 2017, sponsored by the FAO and Global Soil Partnership, is today Tuesday, December 5th, and this year’s theme is “Caring for the Planet Starts with the Ground.” At the World Food Bank, we know how important healthy soil is to the livelihood and future of our planet and its inhabitants. In East […]
Meet the Team: Richard Lackey, CEO & Chairman of The World Food Bank Richard Lackey is the Chairman & CEO of the World Food Bank, which he founded in 2015 as a sustainable solution to hunger and food security issues across the globe. Richard is a career entrepreneur with 30 years of leadership experience in […]
Last month, we let you know about an exciting partnership we have established with the innovative ag tech company aWhere. This month, we want to dive a little deeper into this partnership and explain how their ag intelligence systems will allow us to equip our farmers on the ground in East Africa with real-time data […]
The World Food Bank is headed to East Africa this coming January, and we’re inviting individuals who are interested in social impact investing – particularly investors and advisors – to join us! On this two-week trip, we will tour WFB operations in 3-4 countries, including Uganda, Ethiopia, and Kenya, and we will be taking a […]
Happy Holidays! We hope you are enjoying this wonderful time of the year, thus far. As we near the end of 2017, we want to take a moment to thank all of our partners, investors and supporters for your interest in and involvement with the World Food Bank. We have achieved a great deal this […]
