The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) and DuPont today presented the 2013 Borlaug CAST Communication Award to Jeff Simmons, president of Elanco, on the occasion of the 2013 Borlaug Dialogue hosted by the World Food Prize Foundation in Des Moines.
In accepting the award, Simmons issued a challenge to solve the greatest issue of our time – food security. “I’m here about a movement,” he said. “No more talk – what can we do from World Food Prize 2013 to World Food Prize 2014.”
Simmons says the bottom line is “enough is enough – we’ve had enough, we’ve talked enough” and the time has come to act and he challenged everyone to go to SensibleTable.com and “make food security your cause.”
His goal is to have 10,000 people sign up for the cause and to get “one million positive impressions per week” using the hashtag #FeedThe9.
Lots more in Jeff’s remarks and his press conference here – definitely worth listening to and sharing! Thanks to Jeff for his passion and leadership in communicating the importance of food security and to Elanco for helping us spread the word by sponsoring our coverage of World Food Prize events.
Elanco president Jeff Simmons remarks Elanco president Jeff Simmons press conference2013 World Food Prize photos
2013 TATT Global Farmer Roundtable photos
