IFEC and The J.M. Smucker Company announce REAP Food Group as the 2019 Food for Good Award recipient
IFEC's Food for Good Award, sponsored by The J.M. Smucker Company's Away From Home division recognizes community-based organizations changing lives through food.
The International Foodservice Editorial Council (IFEC) and The J.M. Smucker Company are pleased to announce REAP Food Group as the recipient of IFEC’s fourth annual Food For Good Award. The organization was recognized at the IFEC Annual Conference with a $1,000 donation. Since 1997, REAP Food Group has been working to build a strong local food system in Southern Wisconsin. REAP envisions a thriving local economy where all people have access to good food, grown well. (Pictured above, from left to right: Jennifer Mac Kay, IFEC Executive Director; Mary Humann, IFEC Food for Good committee member; Helen Sarkinos, REAP Executive Director; and Douglas Peckenpaugh, IFEC President, Group Editorial Director, BNP Media.)
“We feel honored to receive the 2019 Food for Good award,” said Helen Sarkinos, executive director at REAP. “This grant will enable us to continue to grow a healthful, just and sustainable local food system in our community making it healthier, stronger and happier.”