According to the AP, agriculture scientist Norman Borlaug received the Congressional Gold Medal on Tuesday. Professor Norman Borlaug’s work on high-yield, disease-resistant varieties of wheat spawned the Green Revolution and alleviated starvation in India and Pakistan in the 1960s. Previously, Professor Borlaug won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 after he founded the World Food […]
Author Archives: Scott Hughes
Back Scratching
Do you have a blog of your own or a website? If you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours. I can give your blog great exposure. If you post about this blog and provide a link, then I will list you as a supporter and link back to your blog. Simply post about this blog […]
Leading Scientist Says Climate Change Increases Poverty and Hunger
Lisa Schlein recently wrote ana article about a leading scientist who says that global warming increases poverty and hunger: The chairman of the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Rajendra Pachauri, says the effects of climate change will be mainly felt in the areas of health and agriculture. He says it is the poor who […]
Offsetting Carbon
As we know, global warming threatens crops and global food production. As such, global warming relates with world hunger and poverty significantly. Beyond that, the same social stagnation and political corruption that keeps society from fighting man-made global warming also keeps society from fighting world hunger and poverty. For those reasons, I gladly tell you […]
Include Education Costs
We need to consider education costs in the cost of living. In today’s world, a person cannot make enough money to survive without education and job training. (Job training includes learning business management, for those starting their own small business.) To get an education, most students need to take out student loans. These student loans […]
Poor Single Mothers
In Louisville, Kentucky, many single mothers live in poverty. Marcus Green recently wrote about it and the need to spread affordable housing. I include an excerpt: Experts say the importance of blending low-income residents into middle-income neighborhoods is that it offers better work and education opportunities for impoverished parents and children. “In these high-poverty areas, […]