The Heinz Micronutrient Campaign (HMC), a groundbreaking program of the H.J. Heinz Company Foundation that is combating malnutrition in developing nations, today announced a partnership in Tanzania, bringing the program to Africa for the first time. The HMC has awarded a grant that establishes a research partnership with the Sokoine University of Agriculture in Tanzania [...]

The H.J. Heinz Company Foundation announced today that it will sponsor a nutrition mapping project conducted by the World Food Program (WFP) in Bangladesh, which will result in a comprehensive strategy for addressing that country’s nutritional deficiencies in an efficient and sustainable manner. The H.J. Heinz Company Foundation is supporting the project in the first [...]

The Food & Beverage industry is consolidating its ethical record thanks to labour and environmental initiatives, but it has to fight hard to demonstrate the social utility of its products, states a report published today by Geneva-based ethical reputation research firm Covalence – Covalence Food & Beverage Industry Report 2007. The Food & Beverage industry [...]

The H. J. Heinz Company (NYSE:HNZ) is working to develop solutions to reduce global malnutrition, a commitment underscored in the Company’s 2007 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report issued today. The report lays out the Company’s plans to provide free micronutrient assistance to 10 million children at risk of iron-deficiency anemia by 2010 through its Foundation [...]

A crowd of about 40 gathered at the Fieldhouse Mall Friday despite freezing temperatures to listen to speakers talk about the plight of migrant tomato farmers in Florida and fight to end sub-poverty level wages. Literature distributed at the rally said that Burger King, headquartered in Miami and a major purchaser of Florida tomatoes, has [...]