Here are a couple of ladies who are World Food Prize winners in my book. They are Victoria Carver (left) with the Iowa Soybean Association who serves on the recently created National Biodiesel Board Sustainability Task Force and Linda Funk with the Soyfoods Council and Soy For Life.
I had a chance to visit with both of these lovely ladies to talk about the role of soybeans in health and nutrition, as well as biofuels and sustainability. Linda told me that Soy For Life was formed last year to do more work in soyfoods research to further the many health benefits of soy. The foundation also funds programs to reach malnourished, under-served and hungry populations in the United States, as well as developing programs to further educate consumer, food industry professionals and the media on soy protein usage. More information about that and how do donate can be found here.
Listen to my interview with Linda here:
wfp-08-funk.mp3
Victoria told me that the NBB sustainability task force is charged with developing goals for the industry to make biodiesel production even more sustainable. They are developing an advisory committee of experts and will be holding a symposium next month on the issue. She also told me about how she challenged one of the speakers at a session during the WFP symposium who blamed biofuels for increased food prices.
Listen to my interview with Victoria here:
wfp-08-victoria.mp3
You can also download the audio with this link:
Linda Funk interview (mp3)
Victoria Carter interview (mp3)