Norman Borlaug, Barack Obama

A tale of two Nobel Peace Prize winners

By Dennis Avery
Sunday, October 11, 2009

I was still mourning the loss of my friend, 1970 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Norman Borlaug, at age 95, and reminiscing on his magnificent life when the news flashed across the wires that President Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009. What a startling contrast!
Dr. Borlaug literally saved a billion people from starvation

Dr. Borlaug literally saved a billion people from starvation, and his high-yield farming systems are still feeding the hungry and saving millions of hectares of wildlife habitat from being plowed for low-yield crops. “Food warsâ€