Pioneer in Agriculture Receives Congressional Gold Medal

[Alecal89]

He deserves to be up there in popularity with all the rockstars of the science world, Einstein, Hawkings, Newton, Darwin.

[monkeypaw64]

RIP Dr. Borlaug. It's a disgrace that Michael Jackson got weeks of coverage and sites like Yahoo can't even carry one article about a true hero.

[philosoraptor88]

Possibly the greatest man of all time. So humble too. If anyone on the planet deserves statues built of him coast to coast, it's him. Thank you, Dr. Borlaug

[shelbyking427]

I actually grew up 3 miles away from his childhood home and went to the same high school he did in Cresco, IA. It's too bad hardly anyone has ever heard of him.

[vegassilenttype]

So awesome... but it's sad that after 10 months this video only has two ratings and one comment... Why don't we care?