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Health Bear & Opportunity International join in the mission to find solutions, ending extreme poverty

Specialty Food Association

November 2, 2022

- Health Bear Food Company of Monte Sereno, CA is aligning with Opportunity International, a Chicago based, global non-profit whose mission is to design, deliver, and scale innovative financial solutions to help families living in extreme poverty.

“Health Bear and Opportunity International are coordinating with female farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa to enhance their farming practices, improve their harvests, feed their families, send their children to school and break the cycle of poverty” states Johanna Mahal of Opportunity International.

“I started Health Bear Protein Oatmeal with the intention of bringing healthy food to busy people looking to find a quick, healthy solution for breakfast” says founder Lisa Matar. “With grab-and-go food at our fingertips, we can start our days off right but easily forget there are millions of people in the world that have a hard time getting the food they need to thrive”. This is precisely the reason Health Bear Food Company has partnered with Opportunity.

- Matar is now working with Opportunity International and female farmers to improve their quality of life by modernizing their farming practices. “In all reality, I have something in common with these female farmers. We are all business women working diligently every day to move our businesses in the right direction to be more efficient and prosperous.  There is nothing more powerful than women supporting women. It is my joy and pleasure to help them grow their businesses.

Visit www.healthbearfood.com and donate to Opportunity International at checkout

Health Bear Food Company’s mission: “To make the world a more sustainable and equitable planet for all living things through plant based food”

Founded by Lisa Matar and established 2019

HQ: 18368 Twin Creeks Road. Monte Sereno, California 95030