Calling All Innovators: Dole's New Sunshine Fund Aims to Bear New Fruit

Covid 19 has shed light on the incredible inequities when it comes to access to nutritious foods.   Food insecurity is a big factor when it comes to nutritional deficiencies that leave our bodies vulnerable to viruses and chronic illness – whether it’s covid, diabetes, heart disease, or peripheral artery disease. You can’t stay healthy without nutrition and you can’t heal without nutrition. Therefore, it’s a vicious cycle that needs to be broken. But Dole Asia Holdings and its subsidiaries are calling on all innovators to work together to break the cycle with its increased focus on tackling food insecurities. They’ve launched the Sunshine For All Fund, which is a 2 million dollar annual fund that will support global strategic partnerships and innovation in the crucial areas of sustainability, food access, and waste. Dr. Lara Ramdin, Chief Innovation Officer of Dole Packaged Foods. discusses the business' transformation, which is deeply rooted in its purpose, and how to partner with their effort with Emmy Award-winning host Kym McNicholas See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.