GFN sustainability Food company messaging 2021

What would farmers say if they had a chance to talk directly to food company executives? Quite a bit, as it turns out. Farmers sell through a value chain and often don’t get to talk with those who market their crops to consumers as end products. This video includes Global Farmer Network members from around the world—Ruramiso Mashumba-Zimbabwe, Jennie Schmidt-United States, New Zealand, Alana Koch-Canada, Maria Giraudo Gaviglio-Argentina, and Gabriel Carballal-Uruguay—sharing their farming practices, and encouraging a dialogue between those who grow food and those who market it.

These five GFN farmers were part of a video presentation shown during a Food Executive Summit titled Accelerate Ambition: New paths to success in a changing food system. The virtual meeting was offered by Corteva and Eat Well Global.

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Alanna Koch

Mkulima, kiongozi wa sekta, bingwa wa muda mrefu wa kilimo, aliyekuwa mtendaji mkuu wa serikali na mkurugenzi mzoefu wa shirika, Alanna Koch ni Mwenyekiti wa Bodi ya Taasisi ya Kimataifa ya Usalama wa Chakula (GIFS) katika Chuo Kikuu cha Saskatchewan. Anafanya kazi na wakulima na sekta ya kilimo kupitia kampuni yake ya ushauri, Kampuni ya KoHert Agri Inc. Kabla ya hii, aliwahi kuwa Naibu Waziri wa Waziri Mkuu Brad Wall na Katibu wa Baraza la Mawaziri na alikuwa Naibu Waziri wa Kilimo wa Saskatchewan kwa miaka tisa..

Alanna amekuwa akihusika katika tasnia ya kilimo, kitaaluma na kibinafsi, kwa sehemu kubwa ya kazi na maisha yake. Alanna na mumewe, Gerry Hertz, shamba huko Edenwold, SK, na wamejitolea kwa mzunguko endelevu wa mazao kwa kutumia kiwango cha chini kabisa cha kulima na kutumia teknolojia ya kisasa ya kukuza nafaka, mbegu za mafuta na mazao ya kunde.