Word of the World Food Prize Laureate Travels the Globe

When IFT learned in advance of the exciting announcement that the 2007 World Food Prize would be awarded to former IFT President Philip Nelson (see p. 59), it set in motion a brief but enthusiastic relationship between the Chicago media relations staff, World Food Prize colleagues in Des Moines, Iowa, and university communications personnel at Purdue University, Nelson’s longtime employer.

Drawing on its vast and illustrious history of humanitarian service as it relates to global food issues, the…