Today in Food History

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Also, on this day in 2009 Norman Ernest Borlaug died (born March 25, 1914).  American agronomist, Nobel Peace Prize winner for efforts to overcome world hunger. Developed the wheat/rye hybrid called ‘triticale’  with higher yield and protein content.

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