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Planting Prompts Soybean Growers to Commit Their Crop to Nourishing Children
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Planting Prompts Soybean Growers to Commit Their Crop to Nourishing Children
Simple Process to Support World Soy Foundation's Acre Challenge As soybean growers put seeds in the ground this spring, they are also taking action to ensure their crop nourishes hungry children. Farmers are giving the value of an acre of soybeans to the World Soy Foundation's Acre Challenge. The process is simple even though many of the children are thousands of miles away in developing countries. A little girl at a foster care facility in Guatemala feels like running and playing now that soy protein has helped improve her diet. She and the other children from Africa and Afghanistan to Haiti and Honduras benefit from support of the World Soy Foundation. Contributions are tax deductible and can be made online at www.worldsoyfoundation.org "The World Soy Foundation makes it easy to do the right thing with our soybeans," said Larry Lewis of Ursa. "Our crop makes a real difference in the lives of children through the World Soy Foundation. By improving their health with our soy, we are nourishing minds as well as stomachs." One in six people in the world today is malnourished. Soy is an important part of the solution to global malnutrition since it offers much-needed protein and other nutrition. Soybean farmers across the nation have committed to the World Soy Foundation's Acre Challenge. The World Soy Foundation is a 501c3 charitable organization that can put the value of one acre of soybeans to use against hunger. Forty bushels of beans, the approximate national average yield, will make 18,000 rations of soy protein to children and adults in locations ranging from Africa to Latin America to Asia. "We see children grow stronger thanks to the generosity of soybean farmers," said World Soy Foundation Executive Director Nathan Ruby who is based in Illinois. "Farmer funds are leveraged with industry supporters, such as Cargill, Natural Products Inc. Soyatech, Sunopta and WhiteWave Foods as well as the many international organizations that recognize the importance of soy protein." Illinois soybean growers and their peers across the nation were instrumental in creation of the World Soy Foundation, a 501c3 charitable organization. The World Soy Foundation works with private voluntary and non-governmental organizations to deliver soy protein and nutrition education to people who need it around the world. Projects sponsored by the World Soy Foundation include complementary foods for children 6-36 months, school feeding programs and nutrition assessment and research services. To join the fight against hunger and malnutrition with soy and the Acre Challenge, visit www.worldsoyfoundation.org: --30— Contact: Karen Edwards 703-281-7600 |
