The Food Project welcomed Jamaica Plain resident Jeff Wojtowicz, a retired biopharma senior executive, to its Board of Trustees.
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The Food Project is a nationally recognized youth development model that employs teens to work alongside adults and strengthen local food systems.<\/p>\n Growing up outside of Chicago, Wojtowicz remembers consuming many canned vegetables. After he met his wife, whose family owns a farm in southern Illinois, he was exposed to more fresh vegetables with their enhanced flavor and nutrition. He first joined The Food Project as a member of the nonprofit\u2019s development committee in 2018, helping to promote and execute the organization\u2019s annual gala. This provided his first taste for how The Food Project works to build the next generation of leaders who will transform local food systems.<\/p>\n Bringing more than three decades of leadership, strategy, and project management experience to the Board, Wojtowicz looks forward to generating awareness about the power of disease prevention through greater access to nutrition. His most recent employer before retiring, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, recently committed to provide funding to the nonprofit to support food access work in the greater Boston neighborhoods. Wojtowicz\u2019 personal goal is to connect other biopharma companies with The Food Project, linking their parallel efforts to build healthier communities.<\/p>\n \u201cFrom a healthcare standpoint, if you don\u2019t start with good nutrition, it\u2019s not going to go well for you, and I witnessed this firsthand in the biopharma industry,\u201d says Wojtowicz, who hopes his two grandchildren will one day participate in the nonprofit\u2019s youth development programming. \u201cWhat people need to understand, however, is that good nutrition isn\u2019t always available. People aren\u2019t necessarily making bad choices. Rather, they sometimes don\u2019t have a choice. At The Food Project, our youth employees are increasing access to healthy, fresh, locally grown food for those who don\u2019t have that choice. And there are many ways for volunteers and corporate partners to get involved to further their efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n The Food Project welcomed Jamaica Plain resident Jeff Wojtowicz, a retired biopharma senior executive, to its Board of Trustees. 2,113 Views<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":525379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[293,129],"tags":[2669],"coauthors":[28],"yoast_head":"\n