Creative and sustainable solutions to the world's food crisis are urgently needed.  Dr. Karen Jacobsen recently participated in several USAID-funded Farmer-to-Farmer program assignments.  She volunteered in the former Soviet republic of Georgia with ACDI/VOCA in December, 2007, and again in October, 2008 (just after the Russia/Georgia war).  In January and February, 2008, she was sent by Land O'Lakes International Development Division (a non-profit organization) to the country of Malawi in Southeastern Africa.  In these countries, she worked with small dairy farms to extend their dairy knowledge and expertise.