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War-torn beginnings to women's empowerment: My journey with Norman Borlaug
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 3 months agoI was born in the midst of the Indo-Pakistan war in December 1971. Bombs were falling, and my father...
India's Swaminathan was a true force of nature who saved millions of lives
South Bend Tribune via Yahoo Finance· 8 months agoOne of the last giants of the 1960s and ❜70s Green Revolution, M.S. Swaminathan, died at his home in...
Bridges: Borlaug's impact still resonates today
Amarillo Globe-News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe recent report that University of Texas engineering professor Dr. John B. Goodenough, along with Stanley Whittingham of New York and Akira Yoshino of...
Roots of Peace founder wins World Food Prize for reviving farms in former minefields
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHeidi Kühn of California, founder of the nonprofit humanitarian group Roots of Peace, has won the...
Samantha Power, Pulitzer winner and USAID administrator, slated as World Food Prize speaker
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSamantha Power, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and head of the U.S. Agency for International Development, is slated to be a keynote speaker at the World Food Prize's Borlaug Dialogue next month ...
Pair behind 'Doomsday vault,' a bank of 1.25 million seeds, win $500,000 World Food Prize
Gannett via AOL· 1 month agoThe two men behind the so-called “Doomsday vault” holding 1.25 million seed samples ― seeds that can...
Growers keep adapting and changing
The Free Press, Mankato, Minn. via Yahoo Finance· 9 months agoOct. 1—The stresses on farm crops, lawns, trees and gardens are becoming more apparent as the changing climate is altering our seasons. More erratic storms, added heat in summer and winter, ...
USAID administrator says climate change is major force behind global food crisis
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFacing the "greatest global food crisis of our lifetimes," countries must find a way to move beyond "lurching from food crisis to food crisis" to finding long-term solutions, even while climate ...
For turning 'mines to vines,' founder of Roots of Peace wins World Food Prize
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA California peace activist who has worked to remove land mines from war-torn regions and replace...
54 Iowa celebrities include John Wayne, Ashton Kutcher and Miss Piggy. Do you know them all?
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 5 months agoTest your knowledge and see just how many famous Iowans you know. The first Iowan in space, the...
