- Adam Wells-Morgan, executive chef of The Club at Old Hawthorne in Columbia, Mo., won top honors in the 21st annual National Taste of Elegance contest in Baltimore, Md. The competition was sponsored by the Pork Checkoff.
- Rev. David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World, has been named a 2010 World Food Prize laureate.
- As the official ice cream of the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, Dippin’ Dots, often called “the ice cream of the future,” will be offered FREE at the 100 Day Countdown Celebration to the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in downtown Lexington, Ky., at Fifth Third Pavilion on Thursday, June 17 from 11a.m. – 3p.m.
- The Board of Directors of the National Corn Growers Association has elected Garry Niemeyer of Illinois as the next officer for the organization.