Gates Foundation Chief Executive Jeff Raikes has deeply personal ties to agriculture. He grew up on a farm outside of Omaha, Nebraska, that has belonged to his family for generations. Raikes counted ...

While Dr. Norman Borlaug's humanitarian efforts are so vast, sadly they are so little-known to the public and even to scientists. That's why we're once again calling attention to a short documentary ...

Colleagues and friends of Norman Borlaug remembered the Nobel Peace Prize winner on Tuesday as a humanitarian who "built armies of agricultural workers" to combat famine in the world's developing ...

In high school, Tessa Ries watched a movie clip on Nobel Peace Prize-winning Norman Borlaug, a University of Minnesota alumnus who is credited worldwide with helping developing countries through his ...

For all his immense scientific expertise and achievements in greatly expanding production of food crops, geneticist Norman Borlaug also should be remembered for what he often warned: It takes more ...

South of Cresco, Iowa, you will find a small farmstead with quite a story. “By the time they came to live in this house, which was 1922, Norm was about eight years old or so and they had just bought ...

Norman Borlaug, who was born on a farm in Iowa 110 years ago this week, is reckoned to have saved more lives than any man in human history — certainly hundreds of millions, perhaps even a billion.

A celebration is going on today at the Hall of Laureates, the building in Des Moines that is the home of the World Food Prize. “Monday March 25th marks the 99th anniversary of Norman Borlaug’s birth, ...

AMES, Iowa -- The four 2016 World Food Prize laureates will speak at Iowa State University about their work building bridges between agriculture and nutrition to improve the health and livelihoods of ...

Dr. Norm Borlaug, a member of our Founder's Circle, was a big believer in advancing an evidence-based, pro-science approach to food production. The Nobel Laureate also saw the need for debunking the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From left, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., Agriculture Secretary Tom ...

Norman Borlaug, the father of the “Green Revolution” who is widely credited with saving millions of lives by breeding wheat, rice and other crops that brought agricultural self-sufficiency to ...