MFK Founder Patricia Wolff, MD, receives Top Agri-food Pioneer Award
The World Food Prize Foundation honored Meds & Food for Kids (MFK) founder Patricia B. Wolff, MD, as a 2025 Top Agri-food Pioneer (TAP). She is the first and only physician to receive the award. This year’s 39 award winners also include visionary scientists, farmers, policy advisors, entrepreneurs, and humanitarians who drive bold and innovative solutions to the most pressing challenges in global food security. The Borlaug Field Award Ceremony took place during the World Food Prize Foundation events. A replay is available on the World Food Prize Foundation Youtube channel.
“Our entire team is grateful for this international recognition. In Haiti, our team has proven that innovation and locally led solutions combine to save lives, build resilience, and strengthen the local economy—even in the toughest conditions,” said Dr. Wolff.
In a country facing chronic malnutrition and instability, the MFK team has developed an internationally recognized model of sustainable, locally led development that incorporates agricultural innovation, local manufacturing, and nutrition science. MFK produces and provides last-mile delivery of ready-to-use therapeutic (RUTF) and supplemental foods in Haiti.
Dr. Wolff founded MFK in 2003 to address the suffering and deaths of children from malnutrition that she witnessed in Haiti. A pediatrician and clinical professor of pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Dr. Wolff began building a transformative agricultural-nutritional model that saves lives today while building sustainable food systems for tomorrow.
“This well-deserved recognition of Dr. Wolff’s early vision and lifelong work comes at a time when the international development community is searching for innovations that can deliver practical, achievable results,” said Chris Greene, CEO of Meds & Food for Kids. “Effective local solutions like MFK’s are the most direct way to save children and the best path forward for global food security.”