Cynthia Rosenzweig, a climate research scientist at NASA who won the World Food Prize in 2022, said in an interview that researchers are already making progress toward breakthroughs, but their ...

An Iowa-based group that strives to alleviate world hunger and awards an annual prize honoring individuals for their efforts to improve food availability, on Tuesday announced a leadership change ...

The World Food Prize Global Youth Institute was created by 1970 Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug for his lifetime of ...

Last week, 153 top Nobel Prize and World Food Prize laureates sounded an alarm about the dangerous consequences of the world’s current approach to climate action and food system change.

History has shown us again and again that, so long as inequality goes unchecked, no amount of technology can ensure people ...

The former governor, stepping down after serving as secretary of agriculture in the Biden administration, will become the Des Moines-based World Food Prize Foundation’s first CEO. The Democrat ...

Former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has been named CEO of the World Food Prize Foundation to continue its legacy of promoting global food security and agricultural sustainability in line with ...

WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, January 14, 2025 /EINPresswire / -- More than 150 Nobel and World Food Prize Laureates have made an unprecedented plea for financial and Political backing to develop ...

A BIG NEWS FROM A BIG NAME. FORMER U.S. SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE AND FORMER IOWA GOVERNOR TOM VILSACK WILL BE THE NEW CEO OF THE WORLD FOOD PRIZE FOUNDATION. THIS LIVE LOOK COMES JUST BEFORE ...

Former Governor Terry Branstad's tenure as World Food Prize Foundation president began in January, 2023. (World Food Prize photo) Two former Iowa governors are meeting for lunch today to discuss ...

Brian Schmidt, who won the Nobel Prize in physics in 2011, said the need to dramatically increase food production in the coming decades is a huge challenge. He calls it a “destination with ...

Here's what to know about Tom Vilsack, who will become the new president of the Des Moines-based World Food Prize Foundation.