{"id":138295,"date":"2013-04-14T12:00:27","date_gmt":"2013-04-14T16:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/?p=138295"},"modified":"2013-04-08T05:11:24","modified_gmt":"2013-04-08T09:11:24","slug":"norman-borlaug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/cultural-correspondent\/04\/14\/norman-borlaug\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Norman Borlaug, A Hero You&#8217;ve Never Heard Of"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/norman-borlaug.jpg\" alt=\"Norman Borlaug\" width=\"729\" height=\"613\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-138249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/norman-borlaug.jpg 729w, https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/norman-borlaug-200x168.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/norman-borlaug-600x504.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Crafting high-yield and disease-resistant wheat varieties, Borlaug ushered in the &#8220;Green Revolution&#8221; in impoverished countries like Mexico, Pakistan and India in the 1960s, saving around a billion people around the world from starvation. 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