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Originally Posted by TorqueDog

As far as your remarks on advanced technology used in today's agriculture and genetically modified crops, you should read up on a man named Norman Borlaug. Basically, his work has allowed crops to feed more people (higher yield), grow in far more unhospitable climates, and overall has done a lot to improve the food outlook for nations that aren't as fortunate as ours that can just go to the grocery store and buy whatever we want, organic or non.

I just wanted to reiterate the importance of Norman Borlaug and the influence he has had on our global society. The guy won the freakin nobel peace prize. This is what it said about it on wiki:

For his contributions to the world food supply, Borlaug was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970. Norwegian officials notified his wife in Mexico City at 4:00 am, but Borlaug had already left for the test fields in the Toluca valley, about 40 miles (65 km) west of Mexico City. A chauffeur took her to the fields to inform her husband. According to his daughter, Jeanie Laube, "My mom said, 'You won the Nobel Peace Prize,' and he said, 'No, I haven't', ... It took some convincing ... He thought the whole thing was a hoax". He was awarded the prize on December 10. In his Nobel Lecture the following day, he speculated on his award: "When the Nobel Peace Prize Committee designated me the recipient of the 1970 award for my contribution to the 'green revolution', they were in effect, I believe, selecting an individual to symbolize the vital role of agriculture and food production in a world that is hungry, both for bread and for peace"

edit: his nobel lecture