Members of the community are invited to engage with us around food and agriculture issues during 2014 World Food Prize Week. World Food Prize Laureates and other experts visiting Iowa for the 2014 Borlaug Dialogue will give over 20 lectures statewide; the public events are listed below.
Sunday, October 12
Open House: Noon-4 pm, Cultural Dance Performances at 2:30 p.m.
World Food Prize Hall of Laureates, 100 Locust St., Des Moines
Des Moines Area Hunger Hike: 1:30 pm
Starting from the World Food Prize Hall of Laureates,
100 Locust St., Des Moines
http://www.desmoineshungerhike.org/
Monday, October 13
University of Minnesota Lecture: 2 p.m.
1987 World Food Prize Laureate, Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
“Crop Breeding for Achieving the Zero Hunger Challenge”
St. Paul Student Center Theater, 2017 Buford Ave., Falcon Heights, Minnesota
Des Moines Social Club Viaduct Gallery Lecture and FarmHer Photo Exhibit: 6 p.m.
Mery Fredrick, Recipient of the 2013 Robert D. Ray Iowa SHARES Humanitarian Award (To be honored at the Iowa Hunger Summit on Oct. 14)
"Let Their Voices Be Heard"
900 Mulberry St., Des Moines
Iowa State University Norman Borlaug Lecture: 8 p.m.
2014 World Food Prize Laureate, Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram
“In the Footsteps of Norman Borlaug: The Golden Years of Wheat Production”
Memorial Union, Great Hall, 229 Lincoln Way, Ames
Tuesday, October 14
Iowa Hunger Summit: 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Keynote speaker: Dennis Dimick of National Geographic
Des Moines Marriott Downtown, 700 Grand Ave., Des Moines
Agenda and free registration at www.iowahungersummit.org
Meal packaging: All day
The Iowa Hunger Fight, Sponsored by DuPont Pioneer
Catholic Pastoral Center, 601 Grand Ave., Des Moines
Sign up at www.iowahungersummit.org
Iowa Public Radio Interview: Noon
Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, the 2014 World Food Prize Laureate, will be on River to River
www.iowapublicradio.org
Morningside College Lecture: 5:30 p.m.
Jack Bobo, Senior Advisor for Biotechnology in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs at the U.S. Department of State
“Can Agriculture Save the Planet Before It Destroys It?”
USP Auditorium, Lincoln Center, 3627 Peters Ave., Sioux City
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Lecture: 6 p.m.
"America's plenty, America's waste: A conversation on food security at home and abroad with leading journalists." Des Moines Register Executive Business Editor Lynn Hicks and Photographer Rodney White; "Wasted" Documentary Filmmaker Karim Chrobog; and MinnPost Reporter Sharon Schmickle.
Des Moines Marriott Downtown, 2nd Floor, 700 Grand Ave., Des Moines
Wednesday, October 15
The World Food Prize Borlaug Dialogue Webcast: 1-5 p.m.
Agenda and webcast link: www.worldfoodprize.org
Interfaith Prayer Service to End World Hunger: 7:30 p.m.
Organized by the Diocese of Des Moines
St. Ambrose Cathedral, 607 High St., Des Moines
DMACC Lecture: 10 a.m.
Dr. Bram Govaerts, CIMMYT research leader in Mexico‐based Cropping Systems Management, Winner of the 2014 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, Endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation
“How to Make Wheat and Maize Systems Ready for the Future”
Building 6 Auditorium, 2006 South Ankeny Boulevard, Ankeny
Central College Lecture: 11 a.m.
Dr. Ron Phillips, Wolf Foundation Prize in Agriculture Recipient
“Norman Borlaug and World Hunger”
Cox-Snow Recital Hall, 812 University, Pella
Simpson College Lecture: 1 p.m.
David Lambert, President, Lambert & Associates
"Global Food Security in Perspective: How do we meet the challenges of a hotter, drier, thirstier and more crowded planet?"
Hubbell Hall, Kent Campus Center, 701 N. C St., Indianola
Grinnell College Lecture: 4:15 p.m.
Dr. Mark McLellan, Institute of Food Technologists Fellow
“A Social Contract—Food: Past, Present, and Future”
Joe Rosenfield ’25 Campus Center, Room 101, 8th Ave., Grinnell
Thursday, October 16
DSM Regional Chamber Lecture: 7:30 a.m.- 9 a.m.
Oxfam's Senior Advocacy Advisor for Agriculture, Jim French
Annual World Food Prize Breakfast Lecture, Cost: $10 at the door
Terrace Hill, 2300 Grand Ave., Des Moines
The World Food Prize Borlaug Dialogue Webcast: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Agenda and webcast link: www.worldfoodprize.org
2014 Laureate Award Ceremony on IPTV and Webcast: 7 p.m.
Tune in to Iowa Public Television or watch at www.worldfoodprize.org.
Friday, October 17
The World Food Prize Borlaug Dialogue Webcast: 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
Agenda and webcast link: www.worldfoodprize.org
Iowa State University Lecture: 7 p.m.
Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, 1987 World Food Prize Laureate
“Take It to the Farmer”
Kildee Hall, Ensminger Room 104, Ames