A Nameless Blog

One of the greatest men in history died recently.  It’s not often I can say that, but it’s true, as Norman Borlaug passed away last week at the age of 95.

Who’s Norman Borlaug?  The fact that you (probably) asked that question is a tremendous shame.  Norman Borlaug is responsible for saving more lives than anyone in history.  He was an agronomist who developed high-yield, disease-resistant strains of wheat and introduced them to impoverished areas around the globe.  He is credited with preventing hundreds of millions of people from starving to death, and likely curbed deforestation by making available farmland more valuable.  He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977.  And, by the way, he saved a billion people from starving.  (It needed repeating.)

Nothing I say can do his contribution to humanity justice.  He is a hero in the truest sense of the word — a man who selflessly improved countless lives in need… and he used science to do it.  He made providing food worldwide his life’s work; none of us could ever hope to do a fraction of what he did.  RIP, Mr. Borlaug, and may your good name grow over time.

-Darrell

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