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Oct 24, 2013
Last week, Liz Hare, program manager for the American Soybean Association’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health Program (ASA/WISHH), traveled to Bogotá, Colombia to attend the “Soybeans: Socially Responsible and Sustainably Delicious” seminar sponsored by USSEC. The seminar was organized in conjunction with the Bogotá Laureles Rotary Club in Colombia and brought together various organizations working with soy dairy in the country.
ASA/WISHH sponsored the attendance of Alvaro Bravo from the Pro-Nutrition Committee in Guatemala. This committee in Guatemala is comprised of five Guatemalan Rotary Clubs that are working to bring 200 soycows to the country. The Guatemalan soycows process U.S. soybeans into high-protein soymilk. At the conference, Hare met with USSEC representatives Nayeli Villanova and Belinda Pignotti.
Some of Soybeans: Socially Responsible and Sustainably Delicious attendees (L-R) Dr. Pedro Rocha, Dr. Sergio Serna Saldivar, Nayeli Villanova, Belinda Pignotti, Dr. Nimbe Torres y Torres, Liz Hare and Alvaro Bravo.
ASA/WISHH hopes to utilize USSEC expertise gained in Colombia to support this soy dairy initiative in Guatemala. While in Colombia, Hare also met with Joseph Lopez, Agricultural Counselor for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), to discuss USDA’s development activities in the country.
