Please join the Global Child Nutrition Foundation (GCNF) and its partners in honoring Secretary Vilsack for his remarkable achievements in child nutrition. GCNF’s Annual Gala has become a signature Washington event, bringing together executives from industry as well as high-level officials from both government and NGO’s. It will take place tonight, from 5:30-7:30 PM, at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC. Details below.
The Gala raises funds for GCNF’s efforts to end child hunger by helping developing countries establish sustainable school feeding programs. At this moment, over 350 million hungry children live in extreme poverty throughout the world. School feeding programs nourish children, provide an incentive for children to go to school, and help lift children, their families and their communities out of poverty.
Global Child Nutrition Foundation’s Annual Gala Reception Honoring
U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack
Thursday, April 16 2015
5:30pm-7:30pm
The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20004
More information at www.gcnf.org
Secretary Tom Vilsack
Throughout his long and distinguished career in public service, Secretary Vilsack has demonstrated his commitment to the nutritional well-being of children at home and abroad. As Governor of Iowa, Vilsack created the Iowa Food Policy Council to advance local food systems, enhance family farm profitability, and combat hunger and malnutrition. At USDA, Secretary Vilsack is a key Cabinet leader on global food security and served as one of the primary architects of President Obama’s Feed the Future Initiative launched in 2009. Under his leadership, USDA has contributed to improved global food security by focusing on capacity building to improve markets information, food safety systems, basic and applied research and innovations in agricultural productivity.
In 2013, Secretary Vilsack led U.S. efforts on the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition, which seeks to support global efforts to make agricultural and nutritionally relevant data available, accessible, and usable for unrestricted use worldwide in order to improve consumer health and expand economic opportunities for farmers. Building on those efforts, in 2014, Secretary Vilsack led the launch of U.S. participation in the Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture, a global effort to share knowledge and practices to address climate change and its impact on agriculture and chart a new path forward towards greater global food security.
Secretary Vilsack continues to be a strong voice for improving the nutritional quality of domestic child nutrition programs and has focused USDA’s McGovern-Dole School Feeding Program on meeting rigorous nutrition and literacy goals. Child nutrition programs in the United States have become global models of excellence under Secretary Vilsack’s leadership and commitment.
