U.S. Soy recently hosted a panel at the 2022 Borlaug International Dialogue as part of the 2022 World Food Prize. Polly Ruhland, United Soybean Board Chief Executive Officer, moderated the discussion and addressed how to sustainably feed a growing world.
?It was indeed a big topic and lots of diverse voices at the table always at the World Food Prize,? Ruhland said. ?U.S. Soy has been a sponsor of this since its conception quite a long time ago because of our commitment to global nutrition, especially providing affordable protein and high- quality protein to the world.?
This year?s theme was ?Feeding a Fragile World? and focused on overcoming shocks to the global food system.
?I think that was not only a nod to the fragility that we’re experiencing with climate, with conflict, and with COVID, and the way it kind of shook the global economy and the world, but also a fragile world refers to the fragility of humans too, and the need to feed the growing population of the planet with high quality protein be that plant or animals,? Ruhland said.
Ruhland added that the soy checkoff works with partners, such as the American Soybean Association?s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health, to help promote global nutrition and food security.
?We are a very unique organization because we do foundational work for the entire category of soy,? Ruhland said. ?We do everything from research that wouldn’t get done, all the way to the promotion side of the equation where we work with end users and companies to help include soy in their products. I always say, who would do it if it weren’t for the checkoff and for the farmer investors in the checkoff.?
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