Youth Ag-Summit: Granddaughter of the revolution

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Published: August 28, 2015

Youth Ag-Summit: Granddaughter of the revolution

Grainews/Country Guide field editor Lisa Guenther meets with Norman Borlaug’s granddaughter Julie Borlaug. Norman Borlaug, who died in 2009, is credited with starting the “green revolution” of the 1960s. In this video, the younger Borlaug talks about the activities of the institute that now bears his name — and what she sees as the future of agriculture.

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Lisa Guenther

Lisa Guenther is a writer and agricultural journalist based in northwestern Saskatchewan. She is the Senior Magazines Editor at Glacier FarmMedia, overseeing Canadian Cattlemen, Country Guide and GrowPro. 

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