[Vision2020] Fwd: [exted] CAST Joins World in Honoring Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009

[Tom Trail]

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>Visionaries:


One of the great scientists of the past 100 years, Dr. Norman Borlaug,
passed away Saturday, September 12, 2009.  He was a recepient of the
Nobel Peace Prize, and the father of the Green Revolution.

Rep. Tom Trail

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>Norman Borlaug 1914-2009
>CAST Honors the "Man Who Fed the World," Longstanding Advocate for CAST
>Press Release
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>
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>  Dr. Norman E. Borlaug--the man credited with 
>saving more lives than any other person who has 
>ever lived--passed away Saturday, September 12, 
>2009 at his home in Dallas, Texas.
>
>Widely known as the "Father of the Green 
>Revolution" and "The Man Who Fed the World" for 
>his pioneering work developing high-yielding 
>wheat for areas with limited cultivated land and 
>increasing population, Dr. Borlaug was one of 
>only five people in history to be awarded the 
>Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of 
>Freedom, and the Congressional Gold Medal (an 
>honor shared by Nelson Mandela, Elie Wiesel, 
>Mother Teresa, and Martin Luther King, Jr.).
>
>Dr. Borlaug devoted his life to ensuring food 
>security for what he termed "the forgotten 
>world," mostly developing nations, where "most 
>of the people, comprising more than 50% of the 
>total world population, live in poverty, with 
>hunger as a constant companion."  When Dr. 
>Borlaug received the Presidential Medal of 
>Freedom, then-President Gerald Ford stated that 
>Borlaug's work "has pushed back the shadow of 
>hunger on this planet and given us precious time 
>to force its final retreat."
>
>Dr. Borlaug was a lifelong promoter and advocate 
>for the Council for Agricultural Science and 
>Technology (CAST), beginning at its founding in 
>1972. He was the featured speaker at the 
>CAST-Industry Conference, held in January 1973, 
>at which CAST was introduced to the agribusiness 
>community. His remarks at the conference--later 
>published as CAST Paper #1--helped establish the 
>new organization and set the tone for its 
>mission and impact.
>
>It is opportune today that the Council for 
>Agricultural Science and Technology is being 
>formed to bring back together, after many years 
>of separation, the different disciplines of 
>agricultural science into a body designed to 
>affect overall policy of agricultural 
>development....CAST therefore has both a 
>tremendous responsibility and opportunity to 
>present unbiased, scientific data on many of 
>these issues to congressmen, policy makers, and 
>the general public so that wise policy and 
>legislation will be enacted. I have faith the 
>correct decisions will be made if the facts are 
>made known to the general public and to the 
>national and state legislative leaders. (From 
>CAST Paper #1)
>
>Both Dr. Borlaug and CAST have deep roots in 
>Iowa. Dr. Borlaug was born March 25, 1914, near 
>Cresco, and often stated "Whatever I've been 
>able to do in life for good....in large part 
>goes back to the experience of growing up on the 
>soil, [on] a very small farm in Howard County, 
>Iowa." In 1985 Dr. Borlaug was the driving force 
>behind the establishment of the World Food 
>Prize, headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, and 
>awarded annually to persons who have made 
>outstanding contributions to food and 
>agriculture throughout the world. In addition, 
>several acres of his Iowa boyhood farm have been 
>dedicated to the education of new generations of 
>agricultural scientists.
>
>CAST's vision mirrors that of Dr. Borlaug's in 
>bridging research, politics, and the 
>individual. CAST, now a 37-year-old nonprofit 
>organization, has grown from its original small 
>group of cooperating scientists to a worldwide 
>organization, and likewise remains anchored in 
>the Heartland where it began (Ames, Iowa).
>
>In 1982 as part of CAST's 10-year anniversary in 
>Ames, Dr. Borlaug received CAST's first 
>"Distinguished Achievement Award in Food and 
>Agricultural Science." A stone marker was 
>installed to commemorate the occasion and a 
>scarlet oak tree was planted in his honor on the 
>Iowa State University campus, where it continues 
>to grow and mature. Dr. Borlaug's remarks at 
>that meeting were later published as CAST 
>Special Publication 12.
>
>Dr. Borlaug was featured in several other CAST 
>publications as well, and his life and work were 
>highlighted in Science of Food and Agriculture 
>(May 1983), CAST's magazine for high school 
>science teachers.
>
>In 1998 as part of an American Crop Protection 
>Association's Annual Meeting (now CropLife 
>America), CAST presented a special trophy to Dr. 
>Borlaug for his scientific and humanitarian 
>contributions to reduce the extent of hunger and 
>starvation. In accepting the award, Dr. Borlaug 
>commended CAST's Board of Directors:
>
>Let me say that it is a real pleasure...to see 
>the progress that CAST has made....We need to 
>pool our scientific knowledge as well as our 
>cultural knowledge. I think that membership in 
>CAST is a long step toward achieving that....I 
>have watched with delight the vacuum that has 
>been filled by CAST in presenting scientific 
>publications covering a vast array of subjects 
>that relate to agriculture....
>
>In April 2005, CAST presented the Charles A. 
>Black Award to Dr. Borlaug for his outstanding 
>achievements as a scientist, educator, and 
>communicator. He also participated in an open 
>forum with other guest speakers and later made a 
>presentation to CAST Board Members and invited 
>guests during which he voiced his continued 
>support for CAST's work.
>
>At CAST's October 2007 35th Anniversary 
>celebration in Ames, Iowa, Dr. Borlaug--who 
>originally was scheduled as a guest speaker but 
>had to cancel for health reasons--prepared the 
>following statement:
>
>The need for an organization like CAST is as 
>great today as it was in 1972....Science-based 
>information to help decision makers make the 
>best decision possible continues to be a great 
>need and will still be so when CAST celebrates 
>its 70th Anniversary. Every scientist must do 
>their part in helping inform the world about how 
>science-based information leads, and will 
>continue to lead, to increased food 
>production....I wish CAST all the best. What you 
>do is very important to mankind and to a better 
>world for all. (From letter to CAST Board at 
>35th Anniversary celebration, October 2007)
>
>Most recently, Dr. Borlaug authored the Preface 
>for CAST's forthcoming Issue Paper titled "U.S. 
>Agricultural Policy for the Twenty-first Century 
>Global Economy," a new look at the same general 
>topic he addressed in his visionary 1973 
>Agricultural Science and the Public (CAST Paper 
>No. 1). Dr. Borlaug also provided a personal 
>letter expressing his support for CAST and its 
>mission, part of a major CAST fundraising 
>campaign currently under way.
>
>Dr. Borlaug's enthusiastic support has played a 
>major role in CAST's continued success in 
>assembling, interpreting, and communicating 
>"credible, science-based information regionally, 
>nationally, and internationally to legislators, 
>regulators, policymakers, the media, the private 
>sector, and the public."
>CAST joins individuals and organizations 
>throughout the world in expressing deep 
>appreciation for Dr. Borlaug's work and 
>influence, and extending sincere sympathy to his 
>family.
>
>Thank you, Dr. Borlaug.
>Council for Agricultural Science and Technology
>Dr. John M. Bonner
>Executive Vice President/CEO
>Phone: 515-292-2125, ext. 25
>E-mail: jbonner at cast-science.org
>
>
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