Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals through International Food Banking
Please RSVP by Tuesday, October 16, 2018 through the official event page.
You are cordially invited to the launch of The State of Global Food Banking 2018: Nourishing the World, convened by The Global FoodBanking Network alongside the World Food Prize in Des Moines, Iowa.
Date: Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Cocktails & hors d'oeuvres: 6:30 p.m.
Remarks & panel: 6:45 p.m.
Location: The Des Moines Embassy Club, 34th Floor Ballroom, 666 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50309
RSVP: Tuesday, October 16, 2018.
About The State of Global Food Banking 2018 : Nourishing the World:
While 821 million people are chronically undernourished, about one-third of food produced for human consumption worldwide is wasted or lost. If even one-fourth of this wasted food were redirected, 870 million hungry people could be fed. Enough food for every hungry person on earth.
Food banking systems capture this surplus food and deliver it to the people who need it most, engaging all sectors of society in the process. First established 50 years ago, the food bank model has emerged as an important and effective hunger relief intervention in over 60 countries across the globe.
Speakers:
Catherine Bertini, 2003 World Food Prize Laureate; Director, The Global FoodBanking Network; Distinguished Fellow,Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Rockefeller Foundation Fellow, Syracuse University professor emeritus
Maria Teresa Garcia Plata, Executive Director, Bancos de Alimentos de México
Lisa Moon, President and CEO, The Global FoodBanking Network Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Director of Communications and Public Affairs & Chief of Staff in the Director General's Office, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Stephanie Slingerland, Executive Director, Kellogg Company Fund
Cathleen Stahl, Managing Director, Global Head of Marketing, PIMCO
About the Event:
The panel of experts will explore the role of food banks, especially in middle and low-income countries, in addressing the objectives of the Sustainable Development Goals 2.1 (Zero Hunger) & 12.3 (Food Waste Reduction by Half), through the diversion of surplus food to feed the hungry.
The reception will be held at The Des Moines Embassy Club, 34th Floor Ballroom. Please confirm your presence before Tuesday, October 16, 2018 on the official event page, available here.
About The Global FoodBanking Network:
The Global FoodBanking Network (GFN) is an international nonprofit organization that nourishes the world’s hungry through launching and strengthening food banks in 31 countries. Last year, 811 GFN member food banks across 31 countries rescued more than 1.04 billion pounds of food and redirected it to feed more than 7.8 million people through more than 55,000 social service and community-based organizations. Learn more about The Global FoodBanking Network at https://www.foodbanking.org/.