The May issue of Food Manufacturing Journal - Middle East & Africa has quite an interesting mix of articles. In this issue, two resource speakers at the World Food Security Summit (Gulfood 2015), Amin Khayyal, general manager from DuPont in the UAE, and Alex Smith, the founder of UK-based Alara WholeFoods, talk about the role their companies play in promoting food security and sustainability. Alex Smith of Alara WholeFoods Alara, featured in boardroom connection is a company of many firsts – first to produce organic muesli in the UK and the first company in the world to achieve zero waste. Mr Smith says he also aims for Alara to become the first most sustainable manufacturer in the world. DuPont has always been a supporter of food security. Its sustainable practices are detailed by Mr Khayyal in special report . In Nigeria, the Harvard-educated founders of AACE Food Processing & Distribution set up the company in 2009 to address some of the country’s major