Relatively few Americans know anything at all about
Norman Borlaug, quite possibly never having heard of him at all. I first heard about him myself when reviewing American winners of the Nobel Peace Prize a few years ago. Borlaug stands out amongst them for actually having accomplished something real and lasting – revolutionizing agriculture around the world, enabling a hungry world to eat. I've since read several books about him. There's no doubt that Borlaug's teachings saved lives – perhaps as many as a billion. The Atlantic put
a good 1997 article about him online; it was written while he was still alive...
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