Rachel Zedeck is the Founder and Managing Director of the Medea Group, a group currently launching the Backpack Farm Agriculture Program, a commercial initiative targeting small landholders within East Africa to develop commercially viable, socially responsible value chains of high nutrition produce supporting local and regional marketplaces. Taking a special interest in combating the malnutrition of children, Rachel Zedeck is now launching the Backpack Farm Foundation. The Foundation's purpose is to construct school gardens to enhance the food sustainability and nutrition levels of Africa's most vulnerable citizens.
For more than ten years, Rachel Zedeck has facilitated international business and social development in post conflict countries including Kosovo, Jordan, Iraq, Kenya and Southern Sudan grounded in research, analysis and strategy. In addition to the Medea Group, Rachel Zedeck is also on the panel and fundraising Board of the Aid Workers Network (AWN) and collaborates with a variety of African based non-profit organizations including Heavenly Treasures, REFUGE, and Heshima Kenya. -- TheDailyTell