If It Weren't For Two Iowans, Billions Would Have Died of Starvation or Been Left in a Technological Dark Age

Published: June 28, 2018, 7:40 a.m.

Norman Borlaug and Robert Noyce aren't household names. But these two Iowans influenced the 20th century more than anyone else on Planet Earth. Borlaug created drought and disease-resistant varieties of wheat that thrived in poor soils throughout the...