Sep 14, 2009
Remembering Norman Borlaug
A plant scientist fed the world through the support of philanthropy
ACR remembers the great impact Dr. Norman Borlaug made on millions of lives worldwide through his innovative agricultural breeding techniques. More than just giving a man a loaf of bread, Dr. Borlaug taught developing countries that had been food deficient how to become self-sufficient in producing cereal grains. Working with the Rockefeller Foundation, this Nobel Prize-winning farmer from Iowa, was part of an assault on hunger that began in Mexico and spread across South America and to Asia.