Read the Nashville Post's Q&A: Ted Fischer of Vanderbilt on Social Entrepreneurship and Mani+
Ted Fischer is professor of anthropology and director of the Center
for Latin American Studies at Vanderbilt University. Over a five-year
period, he teamed with Steve Moore (head of Middle Tennessee-based
Shalom Foundation) and multiple VU students on a malnutrition-oriented
and social enterprise effort called NutriPlus, which produces the
supplement, Mani+.
The supplement (a fortified nut paste that provides calories,
protein, fat, vitamins and minerals essential to brain development in
babies and toddlers) is used to specifically address the nutritional
deficiencies seen in Central American children. It is the first
ready-to-use supplementary Food (RUSF) to be both locally produced and
locally sourced in Guatemala City, Guatemala, creating local jobs and
supporting local farmers.
The new facility (read more here)
opened on Sept. 23 and will eventually mass produce Mani+. Eventually,
Fischer and Moore hope to produce 25 tons of Mani+ a month, reaching
about 25,000 children.
Post Managing Editor William Williams recently chatted with Fischer regarding the effort.http://nashvillepost.com/blogs/postbusiness/2015/10/19/qa_ted_fischer_of_vanderbilt
Friday, November 13, 2015
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