IOWA SOYBEAN GROWERS HELP LEAD WORLD INITIATIVE FOR SOY IN HUMAN HEALTH INTO SECOND DECADE
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Iowa - Iowa soybean growers Roy Bardole of Rippey and Randy VanKooten of Lynnville are helping lead the World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH) Program Committee into its second decade of growth.
Bardole is vice chairman of WISHH. American Soybean Association president Johnny Dodson also appointed VanKooten this year. Bardole and VanKooten, along with fellow farmer leaders from across the nation, met in December in St.
Louis to provide strategic guidance to WISHH, which will mark its 10th anniversary in 2010.
A decade ago, U.S. soybean growers, through their qualified state soybean boards, formed an agreement with the American Soybean Association to launch WISHH. Their goal was to expand the use of soy for human health while creating markets for U.S. soy in developing countries. The potential for WISHH was made even more evident in early 2009 with the announcement that global food production must double by 2050 to head off mass hunger, according to the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization.
“Through WISHH, U.S. soybean growers have forged strategic alliances with government agencies and soybean processors as well as private voluntary organizations that fight malnutrition,” said WISHH Executive Director Jim Hershey. “We are thankful for the continued leadership of farmers like Roy and Randy as we move into our second decade of growth.”
The Iowa Soybean Association is a key partner in these efforts. Its support has aided WISHH in multiple soybean market development activities in rapidly growing countries such as Bangladesh. Like nearby India, Bangladesh has one of the highest protein energy malnutrition rates in the world. With their soybean checkoff funds, Iowa soybean farmers have also helped train food industry entrepreneurs from developing countries around the world on how to use U.S. soy protein in their products.
WISHH is headquartered at the American Soybean Association in St. Louis. For more information about WISHH, please visit www.wishh.org.
Bardole is vice chairman of WISHH. American Soybean Association president Johnny Dodson also appointed VanKooten this year. Bardole and VanKooten, along with fellow farmer leaders from across the nation, met in December in St.
Louis to provide strategic guidance to WISHH, which will mark its 10th anniversary in 2010.
A decade ago, U.S. soybean growers, through their qualified state soybean boards, formed an agreement with the American Soybean Association to launch WISHH. Their goal was to expand the use of soy for human health while creating markets for U.S. soy in developing countries. The potential for WISHH was made even more evident in early 2009 with the announcement that global food production must double by 2050 to head off mass hunger, according to the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization.
“Through WISHH, U.S. soybean growers have forged strategic alliances with government agencies and soybean processors as well as private voluntary organizations that fight malnutrition,” said WISHH Executive Director Jim Hershey. “We are thankful for the continued leadership of farmers like Roy and Randy as we move into our second decade of growth.”
The Iowa Soybean Association is a key partner in these efforts. Its support has aided WISHH in multiple soybean market development activities in rapidly growing countries such as Bangladesh. Like nearby India, Bangladesh has one of the highest protein energy malnutrition rates in the world. With their soybean checkoff funds, Iowa soybean farmers have also helped train food industry entrepreneurs from developing countries around the world on how to use U.S. soy protein in their products.
WISHH is headquartered at the American Soybean Association in St. Louis. For more information about WISHH, please visit www.wishh.org.
The Iowa Soybean Association develops policies and programs that help farmers expand profit opportunities while promoting environmentally sensitive production using the soybean checkoff and other resources. The Association is governed by an elected volunteer board of 21 farmers.
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Funded by the soybean checkoff
Funded by the soybean checkoff
