Brazilian microbiologist Mariangela Hungria was told she could never make a career researching environmental agriculture practices. Today, she is the 2025 World Food Prize Laureate. She joins the show to discuss how her groundbreaking research in soil microbiology and biological nitrogen fixation has transformed global agriculture. Hungria shares the impact her science-loving grandmother had on her life and explains how science and sustainability can coexist to feed the planet’s growing population. (This episode was originally produced on Oct. 20, 2025)
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Former USDA secretary Tom Vilsack hopes for bipartisan support to addressing hunger as the new CEO of the World Food Prize Foundation. -
World leaders and top experts in development, agriculture, economic policy, resource management and nutrition gather annually in Iowa for the Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue.
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Referred to as the "Nobel prize of agriculture", the annual World Food Prize was awarded in October during the Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue held in Des Moines.
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The World Food Prize will be awarded Thursday to the founder of a nonprofit that turns mine fields back into farm fields, just as the group prepares to begin work in Ukraine. -
How will climate change affect food production in Iowa and around the globe?
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The Des Moines-based World Food Prize Foundation awarded a NASA climate scientist with the 2022 World Food Prize on Thursday.
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The World Food Prize announced its 2022 laureate today, honoring a NASA climate scientist. -
Mexico’s Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development will join U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in Iowa this week. -
Food experts from across the country met virtually today for the 15th Iowa Hunger Summit. They discussed how to address food insecurity in Iowa.
