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Most people don't know Norman Bourlag. No, he's not the guy who played the cynical Mr. Roper on "Three's Company," and he's not the guy with the stuffed mother in "Psycho." He's the guy who is widely recognized as the father of the "Green Revolution"�the system of farming that combined hybrid seeds with chemical pesticides and fertilizers to grant the world significantly increased crop yields, especially yields of "cereal crops" like wheat, corn, and soybeans.
Mr. Bourlag has been heard recently chiding "extreme greenies" for promoting organic, sustainable agriculture, saying that such a move either would require the conversion of millions more acres of meadow and forest land into farm land or would mean mass starvation due to what he claims are lower yields from organic farms. With all due respect, we think Stormin' Norman B. is out in left field playing scarecrow, spouting off about nothing more than the Green Revolution Myth.