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Humanitarian who replaces mines with vines looks to war-ravaged Ukraine

By Ben Kieffer,
Samantha McIntosh, Danielle Gehr
Published October 27, 2023 at 7:00 AM CDT
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River to River, hosted by Ben Kieffer

Referred to as the "Nobel prize of agriculture", the annual World Food Prize was awarded this week during the Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue held in Des Moines.

Humanitarian and peace activist Heidi Kühn received the $250,000 prize for her 25 years spent restoring agriculture in former conflict zones through her non-profit Roots of Peace.

River to River host Ben Kieffer spends this episode with Kühn and her husband Gary during their Iowa visit for the Borlaug dialogue. They discuss the non-profit's first work clearing mines in Croatia, their recent partnership with the Rotary Club of Ukraine, and other work across the globe.

Guests:

  • Heidi Kühn, founder and CEO, Roots of Peace and 2023 World Food Prize Laureate
  • Gary Kühn, co-founder, Roots of Peace
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Ben Kieffer
Ben Kieffer is the host of IPR's River to River
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Samantha McIntosh
Samantha McIntosh is a talk show producer at Iowa Public Radio. Prior to IPR, Samantha worked as a reporter for radio stations in southeast and west central Iowa under M&H Broadcasting, and before that she was a weekend music host for GO 96.3 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Danielle Gehr
Dani Gehr is a producer for River to River and Talk of Iowa. Dani came to Iowa from her hometown in the northwest suburbs of Chicago to attend Iowa State University, where she received a bachelor’s degree in journalism, international studies and French. Before coming to IPR, Dani covered local government in Story County for the Ames Tribune and Des Moines Register.
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