Gary Brandenburger, of Florissant, Missouri, began supporting Meds and Food for Kids in 2007 as an early board member. When asked this winter to help fund a new position, he did not hesitate. Gary and his wife, Carla Duncan, and three other founding board members came together to give MFK the ability to hire a community health worker.

The community health worker will travel to remote areas to find malnourished children and refer them to clinics. They will check back to make sure they have been treated and cured, and then return in three to six months to visit them and assess their family situations to see whether they might become malnourished again.

Carla also supports MFK because she is “in awe of how Dr. Pat Wolff operates.” Carla calls Dr. Wolff an inspiration and a humble servant. 

When Gary started on the board, Dr. Wolff and her team were grinding peanuts in a rented house in Cap-Haitien, Haiti. He was on the board when the factory was built.  

“The board was all the right people doing the right things,” he says.

Those same people continue to do the right thing as they contribute to the future of Haiti and MFK. 

March 22, 2026

March is Women’s History Month, and we are privileged to have had so many talented Haitian women on our team throughout MFK’s 22 years. Today, 28 women in Haiti make our mission possible by training farmers, producing lifesaving foods, treating malnourished children, and more.

“Resilience is the best word to describe Haitian women; on many occasions, they have proven to be the best example of strength.”

– Aminata Blanc, MFK Human Resource Manager

2026 is also the Year of the Woman Farmer. In the past year, a record 355 women participated in MFK’s agriculture training program, and more continue to join and learn. These women are not only farmers – they are businesswomen, mothers, and engaged community members making a difference by strengthening food systems.

As more women continue developing farming skills in Haiti, more families will have access to food, more jobs will be created, and fewer children will be malnourished. By becoming agricultural leaders, Haitian women are shaping the future.

“Women are a stabilizing force in a significant number of Haitian communities. They are the rock of their families.”

– Chris Greene, MFK CEO

To all the women of MFK and Haiti, mèsi anpil!

Solving the Bottleneck: MFK’s New Facility Ensures Lifesaving Supplies Reach Haitian Families

Meds & Food for Kids (MFK) has significantly increased its capacity in 2025, taking on the critical role of warehousing and distributing essential humanitarian supplies for UNICEF and the Haitian Ministry of Public Health (MSPP). MFK is now storing and distributing all therapeutic food, medical, and hygiene supplies throughout Haiti for the two major partners. This comes after MFK built a new warehouse and perimeter wall at its factory site in Cap-Haitien, Haiti.

“MFK continues to deliver on our mission to save lives and transform futures, and warehousing and distribution provide new sources of revenue to increase our impact,”  says Chris Greene, chief executive officer of Meds & Food for Kids. 

An anonymous donor financed the construction of the warehouse and perimeter wall.

“In a period of heightened instability, the new perimeter wall has provided greater security. This has been invaluable – not just for staff morale – but also for building confidence among our partners and stakeholders,” says Remenson Tenor, chief operating officer of MFK. 

The World Food Programme, UNICEF, and MSPP now view MFK’s Cap-Haitien site as one of the safest and most strategically sound locations in the country for warehousing and transport operations. 

“Partners know MFK for its ability to deliver supplies the last mile to remote communities,” Greene says. “MFK excels at last-mile distribution because we are locally led.”

Before the MSPP and UNICEF asked for help with last-mile distribution, essential supplies were not reaching government clinics. Warehouses had become bottlenecks; children were going untreated. 

“MFK stepped in not to replace the Haitian food and nutrition system, led by Dr. Joseline Marhone Pierre, but to help preserve it – to keep it functional long enough to reform,” Greene says. “The initiative pairs MFK’s logistics with government oversight, data integration, and staff participation so that capacity grows alongside service delivery.”

While expanding service to Haitian families through last-mile distribution, MFK’s top priority continues to be treating starving children with ready-to-use therapeutic food for severely malnourished children. MFK has fed more than one million children and mothers since its founding in 2003.

MFK CEO Chris Greene Joins International Experts to Spotlight Locally Driven School Feeding

At the 2025 World Food Prize Foundation’s Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue, Chris Greene, CEO of Meds & Food for Kids, joined an international panel of experts to explore how localized development solutions can feed more of the world’s children.

The panel was titled: “Hunger Hotspots and the Humanitarian Development Nexus: Agricultural Research and School Feeding for Global Stability.”

Fellow panelists included: 

• Rev. Eugene Cho, President/CEO, Bread for the World, Moderator
• Amir Mahmoud Abdulla, Commissioner, Kofi Annan Commission on Food Security
• Ibnou Dieng, Director of Strategic Planning and Chief of Staff, IITA
• Marekh Khmaladze, Head of the Data and Monitoring Initiative of the School Meals Coalition, United Nations World Food Programme

Chris discussed the importance of locally driven, nutrition-sensitive approaches in humanitarian settings to strengthen both immediate and long-term solutions. Key points included:

• Humanitarian aid is important in acute crises, but can create dependency if it persists without addressing underlying systemic issues. Locally sourced and produced solutions are critical to build resilience and sustainability.
• Partnerships and collaboration are key to developing resilient, long-term solutions that build local capacity. Initiatives like school feeding programs can create critical infrastructure and support local economies.
• Nuance, curiosity, and humility are needed to avoid assuming that solutions that work in one context will automatically translate to another. Addressing the complexity of these challenges requires comprehensive, multi-layered approaches.

“In fragile settings, the nexus of humanitarian aid and development is where we translate compassion into actual resilience,” Chris said. “We need to look at things like school meals as not just charity, but as the creation of the infrastructure that is needed for a better tomorrow.”

“Agriculture is not peripheral to peace. It is actually peace in motion. We need to pursue the policies and activities that actually achieve the outcomes children need,” he added.

“When we’re facing these complex problems, we need to acknowledge that they require comprehensive solutions, that they should be humanitarian when needed, always developmental by design and local at every level,” Chris concluded.

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.”

“Getting it to them is the hard part”

Scripps • May 14, 2025

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We recently talked with Scripps News about how Meds & Food for Kids is treating malnourished children in Haiti.

Check out the article and video for an inside look at our factory operations & clinic partnerships, which help make MFK a “rare symbol of hope.”

Building sustainable impact in Haiti starts with local solutions. Our Haitian team uses culturally-relevant expertise to save lives, transform futures, and create lasting change across communities.

Real impact means fostering independence.

As Haitian families gain sustainable livelihoods, knowledge, and skills, they build self-reliance and resilience. This isn’t just short-term aid, it’s long-term transformation led by Haitians.