A run against hunger

The U's College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences is hosting the Norman Borlaug 5K Sept. 22 to help fight hunger.

September 10, 2013 at 8:56PM

The University of Minnesota's College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resource Sciences will host a 5K run/walk at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 22, on the St. Paul campus

Proceeds from the Norman Borlaug 5K will benefit Project Food Security, a student group that focuses on finding solutions for local and global hunger.

To register, go to http://z.umn.edu/umborlaug5k2013.

Agronomist Norman Borlaug (1914-2009), below, a U graduate and Nobel Peace Prize winner, is credited with saving hundreds of thousands of lives from starvation through his research in food science.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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