Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield visits GREATER MSP Partnership, highlighting region’s innovation on global food security
2024年8月7日 - 12:06AM
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Representative of the United
States to the United Nations, will visit the offices of the GREATER
MSP Partnership to share lessons learned from ongoing efforts to
address global food insecurity and to highlight the importance of
public-private partnerships to provide faster and more efficient
solutions to the root causes of this issue. Ambassador
Thomas-Greenfield will be accompanied by USDA Deputy Secretary
Xochitl Torres Small.
In Saint Paul, Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield will join the
GREATER MSP Partnership for a roundtable discussion with members of
its MBOLD coalition, leaders of some of the world’s foremost food
and agriculture companies, research institutions and nonprofit
organizations. The coalition is working to accelerate solutions to
the most pressing challenges facing the food and agriculture
sectors today, including regenerative agriculture practices,
climate resiliency and the development of sustainable proteins. The
conversation will delve into one of the ambassador’s top
priorities: domestic and global food security.
“GREATER MSP is honored to host a conversation with the
Ambassador on food security, a pressing issue in our community and
around the world,” said Peter Frosch, President and Chief Executive
Officer of the GREATER MSP Partnership. “She heard how companies,
universities and nonprofits based in Minnesota are working together
on solutions to make food more abundant in countries around the
world while also reducing the impact on the environment."
Minnesota is home to an unparalleled concentration of globally
leading food and agriculture companies and research institutions,
and MBOLD serves as the front door to their combined efforts to
tackle global, national and local food sustainability challenges.
Attendees at the GREATER MSP roundtable will include senior
executives and representatives from the Agricultural Utilization
Research Institute (AURI), Cargill, Compeer Financial, General
Mills, the McKnight Foundation, Minnesota Department of
Agriculture, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and the University
of Minnesota.
About the GREATER MSP Partnership
GREATER MSP is the economic development partnership for the
15-county Minneapolis–Saint Paul region. GREATER MSP is a coalition
of more than 4,500 individuals from more than 300 leading
businesses, universities, cities, counties and philanthropic
organizations working together to accelerate competitiveness and
inclusive economic growth of the 15-county Minneapolis–Saint Paul
region while leading the nation in tackling the most difficult
challenges of the new economy. For more information, go to
greatermsp.org.
Media contact: Don Ball, 612-810-3153,
don.ball@greatermsp.org