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The World Food Prize Laureate will be announced in a ceremony on May 13, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. at the World Food Prize Foundation's international headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa.
WHAT: The World Food Prize Foundation will announce the 2025 World Food Prize Laureate next week. The World Food Prize is the foremost international honor recognizing—without regard to race, religion, nationality, or political beliefs—the achievements of individuals who have advanced human development by improving the quality, quantity or availability of food in the world.
WHEN: May 13, 2025, 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. CDT
All media are to be in place, no later than 5:45 p.m. The program will begin promptly at 6 p.m.
WHERE: Dr. Norman E. Borlaug World Food Prize Hall of Laureates, 100 Locust Street, Des Moines, Iowa, 50309 USA
WHO: The event will feature the following speakers:
• Hon. Kim Reynolds, Governor, Iowa
• Paul Schickler, Chairman, Board of Directors, World Food Prize Foundation
• Thomas J. Vilsack, CEO, World Food Prize Foundation, and former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
• Mashal Husain, President, World Food Prize Foundation
Located in Des Moines, Iowa, the World Food Prize Foundation’s mission is recognizing and rewarding individuals making exceptional achievements in addressing food security, convening global leaders each year to address the latest issues and innovations in food and agriculture and inspiring and recognizing exceptional students in Iowa, in the U.S. and around the world by providing educational and professional experiences on pressing food security and agriculture issues
WHY: The World Food Prize is a $500,000 award that recognizes contributions in any field involved in the world food supply including, but not limited to: plant, animal and soil science; food science and technology; nutrition; rural development; marketing; food processing and packaging; water and the environment; natural resource conservation; physical infrastructure; transportation, storage and distribution; special or extraordinary feeding programs; social organization and poverty elimination; economics and finance; policy analysis; and public advocacy.
The World Food Prize calls forth the global imperative to provide safe, affordable, nutritious, sustainable and equitable food for all. By honoring those who have worked successfully toward this goal, The Prize uplifts the work and reminds us of all to be accomplished in the future.
RSVPs: This event is open to the media. Media interested in attending the event should RSVP using this form and contact Zach Clemens at zclemens@worldfoodprize.org with any questions.
Media representatives may attend this event upon presentation of one of the following: (1) A media-issued photo identification card or (2) a letter from their employer on letterhead verifying their employment as a journalist, accompanied by an official photo identification card (driver's license, passport).