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Roots of Peace founder wins World Food Prize for reviving farms in former minefields
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHeidi Kühn of California, founder of the nonprofit humanitarian group Roots of Peace, has won the...
World Food Prize doubles to $500,000 in surprise to winner at Iowa Capitol ceremony
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo Finance· 8 months agoHeidi Kühn, this year's World Food Prize winner, got a big surprise at the Iowa Capitol ceremony...
World Food Prize seizes our attention for the most basic of needs
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA century of work to reduce global hunger has produced spectacular achievements, preserving and...
Pair behind 'Doomsday vault,' a bank of 1.25 million seeds, win $500,000 World Food Prize
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe two men behind the so-called “Doomsday vault” holding 1.25 million seed samples ― seeds that can...
World Food Prize Foundation president steps down, interim leader not yet announced
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBarbara Stinson led the World Food Prize Foundation through a pandemic and rising concerns over...
World Food Prize goes to 2 who helped protect vital seeds in an Arctic Circle vault
Associated Press via AOL· 1 month agoTwo men who were instrumental in the “craziest idea anyone ever had” of creating a global seed vault...
Former Iowa Gov., U.S. Ambassador Terry Branstad named World Food Prize president
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFormer Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, the longest-serving governor in U.S. history and President Donald...
For turning 'mines to vines,' founder of Roots of Peace wins World Food Prize
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA California peace activist who has worked to remove land mines from war-torn regions and replace...
Scientists honored as 2024 World Food Prize Laureates for roles in world seed vault project
Scripps News via AOL· 1 month agoTwo scientists were honored for their roles in a seed storage project meant to protect the world's...
War-torn beginnings to women's empowerment: My journey with Norman Borlaug
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 3 months agoI was born in the midst of the Indo-Pakistan war in December 1971. Bombs were falling, and my father...