Items Tagged with 'World Food Prize Foundation'

Huub Lelieveld, a Dutch scientist who led a global food safety movement and dismantled barriers to trade and humanitarian aid, was selected as the 2026 World Food Prize Laureate for his life work supporting breakthroughs that have reshaped the fields of food and agriculture. 

The 16th annual Charles Valentine Riley Memorial Lecture, hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, highlighted the importance of pollinators and the growing threats to their populations.

Hermosa Beach city council member Ray Jackson was appointed to the South Coast seat on the California Coastal Commission. Duane Simpson, vice president and head of North America public affairs, science and sustainability in Bayer's Crop Science Division, is succeeding Chuck Conner as president and CEO of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives.

 Kapi Kapi Growers hired Marissa Geoffroy as director of supply chain. Jennifer Clever is now senior director of the Asia and Pacific Division in the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Office of Trade Policy and Geographical Affairs.

The Family Farm Alliance named Samantha Barncastle executive director effective Nov. 1. Josh Stull joined the House Agriculture Committee Republican staff covering rural development and energy issues. Hilmar named Greg Schlafer as CEO.

The Department of Interior named Andrew Williams deputy director of congressional affairs in the Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs. Justin Rhee also joined the department as a special adviser to Secretary Burgum. 

Two scientists who led efforts to create a storage vault holding more than a million seed samples have been named the 2024 World Food Prize Laureates.