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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· 7 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· 6 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· 2 weeks 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· 2 weeks agoTwo men who were instrumental in the “craziest idea anyone ever had” of creating a global seed vault...
Scientists win World Food Prize for work on Global Seed Vault
AFP via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoScientists Geoffrey Hawtin and Cary Fowler, who on Thursday received the prestigious World Food...
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...
Scientists honored as 2024 World Food Prize Laureates for roles in world seed vault project
Scripps News via AOL· 1 week agoTwo scientists were honored for their roles in a seed storage project meant to protect the world's...
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...