The Green Revolution Saved Lives? A Poison Meme That Just Won't Die

?Recently, in honor of Norman Borlaug's 95th birthday, Ron Bailey of Reason Magazine posted a quote from his 2000 interview with Borlaug. For those unfamiliar with him, Borlaug was the most famous pioneer of the ?Green Revolution? seeds of the 1960s, credited with a drastic expansion in food production. The claim that Borlaug saved a billion people from starvation is a persistent meme on the Internet.?