From the Field

“Amazing,” says Susan Reed, Iowa Cage Free’s manager of new hire training, about the six Future Farmer Foundation interns the company has hosted to date. They bring poultry expertise that’s superior to any other group of international interns, she exclaimed. In one example, Production Supervisor, Margaret Noll, impressed ...

Nonsikelelo (“Lelo”) Mngomezulu was one of the first Future Farmer Foundation interns hosted by Iowa Cage Free.  She was also honored to get trainer experience and be promoted to House Lead. Lelo rotated from production to egg processing to managing manure, but the exacting work of production won her heart.  ...

This story is one in a series from Frances Chisholm highlighting stories of lives impacted by World Poultry Foundation programs and workshops both in the U.S. and abroad. We encourage you to learn more about Ms. Chisholm and our poultry projects in South Africa. Future Farmer Bongani Cele arrived ...

This story is the first in a series from Frances Chisholm highlighting stories of lives impacted by World Poultry Foundation programs and workshops both in the U.S. and abroad. We encourage you to learn more about Ms. Chisholm and our poultry projects in South Africa. Lindelihle Nxumalo began his ...

  Ms. Frances Chisholm is one such supporter, and a valued colleague who has experienced and championed the mission of the WPF. Ms. Chisholm, an international expert and agricultural economist by training, has served both the public and private sectors in the U.S. and abroad. As a career diplomat ...

During a recent trip to Ghana World Poultry Foundation’s Managing Director, Richard Fritz, had the opportunity to meet with the association of Women in Poultry Value Chain.  The Women in Poultry Value Chain, a woman-only organization has over 300 members in all 10 regions of Ghana. Members of the organization include ...

In our latest trip to Tanzania, the World Poultry Foundation CFO, Gordon Gossett, went with me to get a first-hand view of the African Poultry Multiplication Initiative project and to meet with all of our partners. During this trip, we visited many rural farmers around Iringa, Njombe, and Dar es ...

Contact: Richard Fritz | WPF Managing Director   Stone Mountain, Ga. – With a goal of training 200 poultry producers in record-keeping and financial management, and teaching them how to create financial documents to apply for bank loans, the World Poultry Foundation (WPF) successfully hosted the first of a planned series of financial ...

Contact: Richard Fritz | WPF Managing Director   The combined efforts seek to improve the quality and viability of day-old chicks, enhance management practices to improve incomes, and provide farmers with healthy and productive birds.Stone Mountain, Georgia. — On July 10, 2018, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FOA) announced ...

This article appears in full in the FAO in Viet Nam Newsletter.  Click here to read the original article. Biosecurity in poultry hatcheries plays a crucial role in protecting flocks from deadly diseases such as highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and mitigating risk of disease transmission from birds to human. ...

In July, I had the privilege of traveling to Nigeria with Mike Welch, the World Poultry Foundation’s Vice Chairman. Together, we visited Nigeria to meet with our partner in the African Poultry Multiplication Initiative project. We are pleased with the progress and the impact of the project is now ...

You never know what you’ll encounter when traveling through Africa to assist growers and poultry producers.  This light-hearted story of mishap was shared with our managing director, Richard Fritz, and comes from Tanzania.  We think it illustrates how dedicated to supporting growers our leadership, teams and contractors are, so ...

I’ve just returned from visiting Tanzania along with Mike Welch, who serves as Vice Chairman of the World Poultry Foundation. Our May trip allowed us to see first-hand the African Poultry Management Initiative’s progress in Tanzania, which is going very well. We attended the World Poultry Foundation’s ...

This article originated at Auburn University College of Agriculture and was featured in the college newspaper, The Plainsman.   Randall Ennis, 1983 Auburn graduate and CEO of World Poultry Foundation, gave the commencement address to the 2018 graduating classes in Agriculture, Education, Forestry and Wildlife, and for the Harbert School of Business. ...

Contact: Ashley Wiskirchen | Communications & Marketing   Stone Mountain, Georgia. — In April 2018 Eric Joiner, Chairman of the World Poultry Foundation Board of Directors, presented Mark Hickman with an award for distinguished service to the foundation. The Hickman family’s legacy and rich history in poultry has no doubt shaped Mark’...