Welcome to the Borlaug Dialogue - Feeding a Fragile World
Posted on
10/12/2022
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Welcome to the 2022 Borlaug Dialogue, Feeding a Fragile World. We have one week until we kick off three days of inspiring deliberations on the huge challenges ahead and the progress needed to feed our fragile world.
We are grateful that many of you will be traveling to Des Moines...
2022 White House Conference offers action plan for addressing hunger in the U.S.
Posted on
09/28/2022
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Today, the White House holds a conference on hunger, nutrition, and health. The goal of the conference is to “end hunger and increase healthy eating and physical activity by 2030, so that fewer Americans experience diet-related diseases like diabetes, obesity, and hypertension.” The World Food Prize Foundation is committed to...
Celebrating Accomplishment and Gaining Momentum
Posted on
05/20/2021
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2021 World Food Prize Laureate
Last week, I announced the 2021 World Food Prize Laureate - the second person from the Caribbean, the first woman of Asian heritage and the seventh woman to receive the World Food Prize
Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted!
Dr. Thilsted was chosen by our distinguished Laureate Selection Committee...
Mobilizing 4 Action
Posted on
03/08/2021
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Becoming President of the World Food Prize Foundation was a dream come true for me, a chance to advance the legacy of Dr. Norman E. Borlaug, inspiring critical action to end hunger around the globe. While 2020 brought many unanticipated challenges for us all, we at the Foundation also learned...
Right Action | Key Messages | Plans for 2020
Posted on
06/19/2020
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Defining Right Action: Locally and Globally
Over the last few months, the World Food Prize Foundation (WFPF) is evolving our programs and practices in light of COVID-19. We are working to develop new directions for all of our activities through extensive research and consultation with many partners.
Now, on the special...