News about Norman Borlaug

Andy Cato, who was armed with a 1976 Guide To Self-Sufficiency by John Seymour and with the support of farming neighbors, decided to try growing his own food. For the first time in his life, he grew seeds. He eventually applied for the tenancy of a National Trust farm in Oxfordshire and was granted the lease after a competitive process.

HENRY DIMBLEBY: Since history has existed, states have played a central role in national food production. At every meeting of the assembly in ancient Athens, food safety was a hot topic. If you can't keep your population fed, you are unlikely to hold power. We learn in Genesis how Joseph (he of the Technicolor Dreamcoat) saved Egypt's people from famine. It's not as jolly as the musical. The Pharaoh's representative, Joseph, demands that the Egyptians forkover all their money in exchange for the grain he has hoarded for seven years. He takes their cattle and eventually their land and freedom as they run out of money.