DuPont Food Security http://foodsecurity.dupont.com Mon, 18 Dec 2017 17:58:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.7 2017 DuPont Food Security Review http://foodsecurity.dupont.com/2017/12/18/2017-dupont-food-security-review/ http://foodsecurity.dupont.com/2017/12/18/2017-dupont-food-security-review/#respond Mon, 18 Dec 2017 17:23:01 +0000 http://foodsecurity.dupont.com/?p=6705 2017 has been an active year for DuPont food security work. Progress continues to be made toward 2020 Sustainability goals and engagement is ongoing in areas reflected in the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals such as food security, environmental stewardship, and diversity and inclusion. Here are some of the highlights of DuPont’s work with other organizations […]

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]]> http://foodsecurity.dupont.com/2017/12/18/2017-dupont-food-security-review/feed/ 0 DuPont Pioneer Waialua Location Welcomes Thousands to View Sunflower Fields http://foodsecurity.dupont.com/2017/12/05/dupont-pioneer-waialua-location-welcomes-thousands-view-sunflower-fields/ http://foodsecurity.dupont.com/2017/12/05/dupont-pioneer-waialua-location-welcomes-thousands-view-sunflower-fields/#respond Tue, 05 Dec 2017 20:42:35 +0000 http://foodsecurity.dupont.com/?p=6694 More than 21,000 people visited the sunflowers at the DuPont Pioneer farm in Waialua, Hawaii, between Wednesday, Nov. 8 and Monday, Nov. 20. The sunflower fields have since been plowed to make way for a new round of corn crops. Sunflowers are rare in Hawaii, and local Pioneer staff enjoy showing them off to the […]

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]]> http://foodsecurity.dupont.com/2017/12/05/dupont-pioneer-waialua-location-welcomes-thousands-view-sunflower-fields/feed/ 0 The Virtuous Circle: Connecting Food Security, Packaging, and Sustainable Development http://foodsecurity.dupont.com/2017/11/16/virtuous-circle-connecting-food-security-packaging-sustainable-development/ http://foodsecurity.dupont.com/2017/11/16/virtuous-circle-connecting-food-security-packaging-sustainable-development/#respond Thu, 16 Nov 2017 16:31:13 +0000 http://foodsecurity.dupont.com/?p=6681 A blog post from Sarah Perreard, Global End Users & Sustainability Value Chain Leader for DuPont Performance Materials – Packaging UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 17 is about partnering to achieve solutions. It recognizes that our best chance to meet the other 16 SDGs is through collaboration between governments, private sector and civil society based […]

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]]> http://foodsecurity.dupont.com/2017/11/16/virtuous-circle-connecting-food-security-packaging-sustainable-development/feed/ 0 DuPont Food Security Update November 2017 http://foodsecurity.dupont.com/2017/11/16/dupont-food-security-update-november-2017/ http://foodsecurity.dupont.com/2017/11/16/dupont-food-security-update-november-2017/#respond Thu, 16 Nov 2017 15:23:28 +0000 http://foodsecurity.dupont.com/?p=6680 A note from Krysta Harden, Vice President of Public Policy & Chief Sustainability Officer, DuPont, which appeared in the November 2017 Food Security e-newsletter It’s been about two months since DuPont and Dow officially embarked on a journey to build three industry-leading companies in Agriculture, Specialty Products, and Materials Science.  As the daughter of farmers, […]

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]]> http://foodsecurity.dupont.com/2017/11/16/dupont-food-security-update-november-2017/feed/ 0 Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture Honors the Legacy of Henry A. Wallace http://foodsecurity.dupont.com/2017/11/09/inter-american-institute-cooperation-agriculture-honors-legacy-henry-wallace/ http://foodsecurity.dupont.com/2017/11/09/inter-american-institute-cooperation-agriculture-honors-legacy-henry-wallace/#respond Thu, 09 Nov 2017 16:17:19 +0000 http://foodsecurity.dupont.com/?p=6666 On Wednesday, Oct. 25, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), based in San José, Costa Rica, unveiled a commemorative sculpture of Henry A. Wallace, a tribute to his legacy in Latin America. “Henry Wallace’s impact on the region’s agriculture has transcended generations with the creation of the IICA and CIMMYT (the International Maize […]

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