"You can't build a peaceful world on empty stomachs and human misery."
— Norman Borlaug

January 1, 1970

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From "Eat This!", an episode of Penn and Teller's Bullsh#t!; Quoted in: Gary Beene (2011) The Seeds We Sow: Kindness that Fed a Hungry World. p. 9