The evidence has been building for some time. A couple years ago, Food Enterprise Solutions was working with a portfolio of growing food businesses in Senegal, small and medium enterprises producing everything from baby foods and fruit juices to fresh vegetables and frozen produce. Alongside improving their food handling and safety practices, we set out to answer a question that matters enormously to food businesses across the region: could these companies attract formal inve

It was an energizing day recently at GWU with Food Tank and the Global Food Institute, exploring how policy, innovation, and entrepreneurship intersect to strengthen our food system. The insights shared reaffirmed why FES’s mission—to help food businesses grow responsibly and deliver safer, healthier food—is more relevant than ever.     Why This Matters to FES      Food Enterprise Solutions (FES) participated in the 1st Annual Food and Agriculture Policy Summit, co-hosted by