Land O'Lakes Producer at National Press Club on Volunteers for Prosperity
Land O'Lakes Producer at National Press Club on Volunteers for Prosperity
Monday September 29, 3:11 pm ET
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- "Global leaders may sit around tables and discuss peace, but farmers helping farmers will build peace, because farmers know that peace doesn't have a chance in a country where people are hungry."
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That was Pete Kappelman's message today at the National Press Club in our nation's capital during a press conference regarding the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) Volunteers for Prosperity program.
Kappelman, a dairy producer from Two Rivers, Wis., and Vice Chair of the Land O'Lakes, Inc. Board of Directors, discussed his trip to Malawi in sub- Saharan Africa where he worked on a USAID-funded project designed to foster individual family dairy production and the cooperative marketing of their milk as a means to provide better nutrition for their families, and stimulate economic development for their communities.
"The Volunteers for Prosperity initiative will allow Americans to play an expanded role in assisting people in developing countries, and give Land O'Lakes the opportunity to send more of its farmers and employees on volunteer assignments that build the food-producing capacities of those nations," Kappelman said. "Volunteers for Prosperity is a vehicle for practical action. It facilitates the opportunity for concerned and dedicated American professionals to help meet people's basic needs and lay the foundation required for peace to exist."
Established in May by President George W. Bush, Volunteers for Prosperity is a new volunteer-based initiative designed to support major U.S. development initiatives overseas using the talents of highly skilled Americans who work with U.S. organizations helping to promote health and generate prosperity in countries around the world.
After the press conference, Kappelman headed to Capitol Hill for congressional visits.
Land O'Lakes, Inc. ( www.landolakesinc.com ) is a national, farmer-owned food and agricultural cooperative, with sales approaching $6 billion. Land O'Lakes does business in all 50 states and more than 50 countries. It is a leading marketer of a full line of dairy-based consumer, foodservice and food ingredient products across the U.S.; serves its international customers with a variety of food and animal feed ingredients; and provides farmers, local cooperatives, and customers with an extensive line of agricultural supplies (feed, seed, crop nutrient and crop protection products) and services.
Source: Land O'Lakes, Inc.
