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Stories Tagged "hunger"

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World Food Prize - Bill Gates Speaks at Symposium in Iowa

posted on October 15, 2009 at 3:28 PM

Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft and co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, addresses the World Food Prize Symposium.

World Food Prize Laureate, Dr. Gebisa Ejeta, in Iowa

posted on October 14, 2009 at 10:56 AM

In the land of plenty, those who help feed the world's hungry are recognized. A talk with the 2009 World Food Prize Laureate.

Remembering Khrushchev's Visit to Iowa

posted on September 18, 2009 at 2:26 PM

The Iowa Journal takes a look back 50 years, to a Soviet dictator who took a nearly two-week vacation across the U.S. including a stop in Iowa.

Remembering Humanitarian and Iowan, Dr. Norman Borlaug

posted on September 17, 2009 at 9:34 AM

1970 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Iowa native, Dr. Norman Borlaug died September 12, 2009. He is best known for his research in Mexico to develop high-yielding, disease-resistant wheat that would grow in hard to grow areas of the world. The Iowa Journal airs part of an hour-long documentary produced independently by Courter Films and Associates.

Interview with Dr. Philip E. Nelson, World Food Prize Laureate

posted on October 18, 2007 at 5:35 PM

Interview with Dr. Philip E. Nelson, World Food Prize Laureate What does a juice box and an ocean going tanker have in common? Find out as Todd Mundt sits down with this year’s World Food Prize Laureate, Dr. Philip Nelson.

Norman Borlaug on The World Food Prize

posted on October 16, 2007 at 5:35 PM

Norman Borlaug on The World Food Prize Dr. Norman Borlaug, an Iowa native who grew up on a farm in Cresco, dreamt of ending world hunger. In the 1940s and 50s, he developed "high-yield" agriculture, which earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970.