Arlene Mitchell

Arlene Mitchell is the executive director of the Global Child Nutrition Foundation, or GCNF, working with a global network of stakeholders to ensure that children around the world have nutritious, locally-sourced meals at school. She is spearheading GCNF's global survey of school meal programs, which is being implemented in 2019. Mitchell also advises or serves on boards for several other international food, agriculture, and nutrition-focused organizations.

Latest Articles

Opinion: When food banks partner with school meal programs, children win

almost 4 years ago // Sponsored by The Global FoodBanking Network

School meal programs are one of the most efficient solutions to child hunger. But there are still significant gaps in these crucial programs all over the world, says The Global FoodBanking Network.

Opinion: Can school meals help achieve SDG success?

about 6 years ago // School meals

School feeding programs have long-lasting benefits for individuals, communities, and countries where they are implemented, writes the Global Child Nutrition Forum's Arlene Mitchell. Here's how school meals could help reap rewards across several of the SDGs.

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