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OFSJ founder Patrick Gordon (Image: Operation Feed SJ) Patrick Gordon, founder of Operation Feed SJ, (OFSJ) is determined to erase poverty in Saint John, one bag of food at a time. Gordon, a retired army veteran of three Afghanistan tours, was looking for ways to get involved in the community and was inspired after learning children in high poverty areas often rely on getting food through their schools. “With the schools being shut down at the beginning of the pandemic and then moving forward with the continuous rotation of red, yellow, I just thought — ‘There’s no way that people tha...

By Ajayi Wuyiwa Nigeria is Africa’s largest country with the fastest growing population. Consequently, the nation’s food needs continue to rise. However, the increase in food production has not kept pace with population growth. This scenario is mirrored in the rising food imports and declining levels of national food self-sufficiency. Clearly, one of the main factors undermining agricultural output is the general sub-optimal yield per hectare due to low fertilizer application among other factors. For decades, this has been the bane of the agricultural sector in Nigeria. Curiously, t...

1 of 2 Best friends and co-founders of 2 Besties Biscuits Paula Brown and Angela Brown have hosted the Operation: Feed the Furballs fundraiser for the Northeast Missouri Humane Society since 2017, providing 17,977 meals for animals at the shelter. For 2021, Finn’s Food and Spirits and Java Jive will have the pink boxes for sale through April 30. Each purchase provides seven meals, and the pink boxes will also be for sale online throughout the year. COURIER-POST PHOTO/CONTRIBUTED

By Yekini Alli In December last year, Ogun State helmsman, Prince Dapo Abiodun, breezed into the conference room of Sheraton Hotels, Abuja, in a blaze of glory. And local and international stakeholders in agriculture stood still as he was decorated with the Best Governor of the year award in Agriculture, a fitting tribute to months of endless toils and triumphs in a pandemic year. The innovations in farming, farming techniques and technologies and agribusiness deriving from Governor Abiodun’s (ISEYA) mantra of infrastructure, social welfare and wellbeing, youth empowerment, culture and r...

Share In December last year, Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, breezed into the Conference Room of Sheraton Hotels, Abuja. And local and international stakeholders in agriculture stood still as he was decorated with the Best Governor of the Year award in Agriculture, a fitting tribute to months of endless toils and triumphs in a pandemic year. The innovations in farming, farming techniques and technologies and agribusiness deriving from Governor Abiodun’s ISEYA mantra of infrastructure, social welfare and well-being, youth empowerment, culture and religion did not gone unnoticed. Th...