New hires, promotions, retirements
West Liberty Foods names chief executive officer West Liberty Foods has announced the promotion of Brandon Achen to president & chief executive officer, effective May 31, 2022. Achen is a 16-year industry veteran who started with West Liberty Foods as an intern and has since seen a long tenure in operations, supply chain management and key customer relationship management for the organization. He was promoted to president in 2020. Read more Biomega appoints new Norwegian biorefinery factory manager Biomega, an international biotechnology company that develops salmon peptides and proteins for petfood and human nutrition applications, has appointed Chris Fredrik Simmenes as its new factory manager for the company’s flagship biorefinery in Skaganeset, Norway. Read more
AFIA welcomes staff changes
The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) is pleased to announce the addition of Rebecca Kane, CMP, as its director of events and the promotion of Victoria Broehm to senior director of communications. Most recently, Kane served as a meetings manager for the U.S. Grains Council, managing event budgets totaling more than $3.5 million.
Victoria Broehm, who has been with the association since 2017, has been promoted from director of communications to senior director of communications. Read more 2022 World Food Prize awarded to NASA climate scientist
Leading climatologist, agronomist and former farmer Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig has been named the 2022 World Food Prize Laureate for her pioneering work in modeling the impact of climate change on food production worldwide. She was recognized for leading the global scientific collaboration that produced the methodology and data used by decision-makers around the world.
Awarded by the World Food Prize Foundation, the $250,000 prize honors Dr. Rosenzweig’s achievements as the founder of the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP), a globally integrated transdisciplinary network of climate and food system modelers. Read more
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