SJR77: Joint Resolution Text

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2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE

2013 Senate JOINT RESOLUTION 77

February 20, 2014 - Introduced by Senators Harsdorf, L. Taylor, Cowles, Tiffany, Miller, Schultz and Kedzie, cosponsored by Representatives Ripp, Bies, Brooks, Knudson, A. Ott, Williams, Tauchen, Murphy and Murtha. Referred to Committee on Senate Organization.

SJR77,1,3 Relating to: recognizing Dr. Norman Borlaug for his role in advancing agriculture by developing new wheat varieties and helping to improve the food security of developing nations worldwide.

SJR77,1,6 Whereas, Dr. Norman Borlaug is respected as one of the world's greatest agricultural leaders and has been known as "agriculture's greatest spokesperson," "the father of the Green Revolution," and "the man who saved a billion lives"; and

SJR77,1,10 Whereas, Dr. Borlaug is revered for developing high-yielding, short-strawed, disease-resistant wheat varieties, which have been harvested in Mexico, India, Pakistan, and other countries in Latin America, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa; and

SJR77,1,12 Whereas, Dr. Borlaug's agricultural methods have been used across the globe to help countries facing food shortages; and

SJR77,1,15 Whereas, Dr. Borlaug was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for his role in adapting new wheat varieties and promoting their production worldwide, which helped improve the global food supply; and

SJR77,2,2 Whereas, Dr. Borlaug went on to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal; and

SJR77,2,5 Whereas, Dr. Borlaug's ancestral roots connect him to Wisconsin as he is the great-grandson of Norwegian immigrants who came to America and first settled in Wisconsin; and

SJR77,2,8 Whereas, Dr. Borlaug was born on March 25, 1914, in a small farming community in northeastern Iowa and died on September 12, 2009, at the age of 95; and

SJR77,2,10 Whereas, March 25, 2014, is National Agriculture Day and the 100th anniversary of Dr. Borlaug's birth; and

SJR77,2,12 Whereas, Dr. Borlaug's accomplishments in agriculture have been an inspiration to others; now, therefore, be it

SJR77,2,15 Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That the members of the Wisconsin legislature recognize the lasting impact Dr. Norman Borlaug's accomplishments have had on agriculture and fighting world hunger.

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