by josiahmwd | Apr 23, 2018 | News, World Food Bank Team
President Donald J. Trump recently announced his intent to nominate World Food Bank Founder and CEO Richard Lackey to the U.S. Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD). White House officials confirmed Mr. Lackey’s nomination to be a member of...
by josiahmwd | Apr 18, 2018 | Media, News
Our CEO Richard Lackey had the opportunity to speak with Tim Hammerich of the Future of Agriculture Podcast this month about the World Food Bank’s innovative, for-profit model to agricultural development in Africa and beyond. We hope you’ll take a moment to check out...
by josiahmwd | Apr 11, 2018 | News, World Food Bank Team
In 2010, Buzz Matthews helped his wife create and open a non-profit restaurant with the mission to give back to their home community of Denver, Colorado. The project aimed to nutritiously feed homeless and hungry people with dignity, through a...
by josiahmwd | Apr 6, 2018 | News
The father of medicine, Hippocrates, said in 431 B.C. “let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” Global health encompasses several components, ranging from immunizations to mental health. In 1950, when the World Health Organization designated April 7th...
by josiahmwd | Mar 26, 2018 | News
The World Food Bank is pleased to announce that our Founder and CEO Richard Lackey has been appointed to the USAID Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA), a nonpartisan committee established to link USAID leadership to private companies and organizations...
by josiahmwd | Mar 20, 2018 | News
We are excited to announce that we have just joined Impact Marketplace, an innovative new platform where generous impact donors can connect with inspiring entrepreneurs to unleash enterprises that bring jobs, dignity, and abundant life to those in need across our...
