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World Food Prize Foundation Announces 2026 Borlaug Dialogue Agenda Featuring Malala Yousafzai, Muhammad Yunus, Nick Offerman
The October 20-22 Dialogue will bring a record 20 World Food Prize Laureates and leaders from around the world to Des Moines to confront pressing challenges facing global food security …
Press and Media Partner Registration Now Open for the 2026 World Food Prize Week of Events
Press and media partner registration for the 2026 World Food Prize Week of Events held October 20-22, 2026, in Des Moines, Iowa, is now open as the 40th anniversary of…
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Dr. Norman Borlaug Throws Ceremonial First Pitch at Boston’s Fenway Park
Dr. Norman E. Borlaug helped the Boston Red Sox exercise the “Curse of the Bambino” by throwing out the first pitch at Fenway Park on June 9, 2004. MORE STORIES ON DR. BORLAUG:Iowa Senate votes 50-0 to place Borlaug statue in US Capitol (February 25, 2010)World Food Prize dedicates $29.8 million Hall of Laureates in honor of…
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YP Spotlight: Keegan Kautzky, director of national education programs for the World Food Prize
Source: The Des Moines Register As a childhood veteran of long days shoveling manure during the farm crisis in the 1980s, Keegan Kautzky was ready to put agriculture in the rearview mirror when he left the family farm near Perry and headed to Iowa State University. Things were moving right along as he completed his freshman year. A…