The Carver Medal has not been awarded since 2019 after COVID-19 limited in-person events. Now, for the first time in five ...

Stepping down as agriculture secretary, former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack is stepping up as the first CEO of the World Food Prize Foundation ...

Rollins is a former director ... woman to serve as secretary of agriculture. The first woman to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture was Ann Veneman, who served under President George W.

Tom Vilsack will return to Iowa as CEO of the World Food Prize Foundation, headquartered in Des Moines, following his role as U.S. secretary of agriculture during the Biden-Harris administration.

The Senate Agriculture Committee voted 23-0 Monday to advance Brooke L. Rollins to become secretary of Agriculture.