Read below for few takeaways from our event focused on "How Does the Financing World Need to Change to Better Support Food Security and Nutrition?" Thanks to our event partners, Astrid M Jakobs de Padua of the German Embassy in Washington, DC and Regenerative Food Systems Investment (RFSI) for sponsoring a great event exploring women in food and finance! Thanks also to fellow speakers Renee Catacalos and Sarah Kelley for all your great insights. ***If you are interested in being a part of future events in the DC area related to women in food and finance, let us know!***
Food FutureZ
Business Consulting and Services
Washington, DC 134 followers
Research & strategy consulting services for organizations in the food systems arena.
About us
On-demand research and strategy consulting services to inform advocacy, policy, and strategy for organizations in the food systems arena. Example client deliverables: custom research (rapid evidence assessments, landscape/gap analysis, evaluations), organizational strategic planning, grantmaking strategy SWOTs, concept/background papers. Sarah Zoubek is the president of Food FutureZ, providing on-demand research and strategy consulting services to inform advocacy, policy, and strategy for organizations in the food systems arena. She is passionate about producing healthier food, tackling the root causes of food insecurity, and addressing financing bottlenecks in the food system. Sarah served for eight years as a senior executive overseeing the Duke World Food Policy Center (WFPC) strategy, grant management and relationships, project and research partnership development, and ongoing operations. While at WFPC, Sarah oversaw the planning and launch phases of the center, its management, and a global portfolio of projects. She guided the full center team on research methodology, writing, and communications strategies, designed and facilitated summits on various food topics, and developed project proposals for funding and calls for proposals. Based in the Duke in DC office, she served as a national and international liaison to foster partnerships. Sarah has helped clients create impact around: agricultural production systems for better nutrition and reduced environmental impacts, the global aid architecture for achieving Sustainable Development Goal #2, financing low- and middle-income country smallholders, and expanding donor toolkits from charity to address root causes. At Datu Research, her work on market-based incentives for more environmentally sustainable practices for food producers included supporting the Soil Health Renaissance in laying the groundwork to launch the Soil Health Institute.
- Industry
- Business Consulting and Services
- Company size
- 1 employee
- Headquarters
- Washington, DC
- Type
- Self-Owned
- Founded
- 2023
- Specialties
- food systems, strategy, agriculture, food security, and financing
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1725 New Hampshire Ave NW
Washington, DC 20009, US
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"What is improving and what still needs to change regarding ending gender bias and discrimination for women in Washington, DC working in food and agriculture?" Astrid M Jakobs de Padua, Minister Counselor for Food and Agriculture at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Washington, DC and Sarah Zoubek, President of Food FutureZ convened an inter-generational dialogue to find out. We had representation across four generations: Baby Boomers (1946-1964), Generation X (1965-1979), Generation Y (Millennials- 1980-1994), and Generation Z (1995-2009). Women were asked to come prepared to identify with a generation and were asked to wear color-coded name tags. Check out the link below to find out more!