World Food Prize Foundation to Announce 2026 Laureate at Ceremony in New York

WHAT: The 2026 World Food Prize Laureate(s), recipient(s) of the prestigious $500,000 award, will be announced during a livestreamed event featuring a panel discussion entitled: "The World Food Prize at 40: Food Security in a Strategic Age."

Awarded by the World Food Prize Foundation, the World Food Prize is the preeminent global award recognizing individuals who have enhanced human development and confronted global hunger through improving the quality, quantity or availability of food for all.

Following the announcement of the 2026 Laureate, panelists will take stock of how finance, science and geopolitics are reshaping global food security, and what policies can strengthen our resilience against climate shocks, supply disruptions and growing strategic competition.

WHEN: 08.30 ET/14.30 CET, Wednesday, March 25

WHERE: Council on Foreign Relations, The Harold Pratt House & Peterson Hall, 58 East 68th Street, New York, New York

The event is invitation-only, open to media but will also be livestreamed via https://www.worldfoodprize.org/live, beginning at 09.00 ET/15.00 CET.

REGISTER: Members of the media, please register HERE.

WHO: The announcement of the 2026 World Food Prize Laureate will include remarks from:

Tom Vilsack | CEO, World Food Prize Foundation
Mashal Husain | President, World Food Prize Foundation
Gebisa Ejeta | 2009 World Food Prize Laureate and Chair, Laureate Selection Committee

Following the announcement, a moderated discussion will feature:

Tom Vilsack | CEO, World Food Prize Foundation
Sharon Burke | Founder and President, Ecospherics
Swathi Veeravalli | Former Director for Climate Security and Adaptation, United States National Security Council
Michael Werz | Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

Further information about the 2026 Laureate(s), including a biography and photos, will be available after the announcement.