On Wednesday, June 19, the World Food Prize will reveal the 2013 Laureates at a ceremony at the Department of State. Secretary of State John Kerry and Ambassador Kenneth M. Quinn of the World Food Prize will speak and reveal the names of this year's awardees.
Past Laureates include food security leaders such as NGO leaders Jo Luck of Heifer International and David Beckmann of Bread for the World, former Presidents John Kufuor of Ghana and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil, and micro-irrigation pioneer Dr. Daniel Hillel.
The event begins at 12:40pm EST and will be streamed live via webcast at http://video.state.gov. Join the conversation online on Twitter by following the @WorldFoodPrize account and using the #WorldFoodPrize hashtag.