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Scientists Work on New 'Green Revolution'

Solving food crisis will depend on a steady diet of innovation

By Paul Stinson, Newser User

Posted Apr 25, 2008 1:00 PM CDT

(Newser) – Food scientists are plotting a new "green revolution" to solve a growing food crisis, LiveScience reports. Facing what a World Food Program official called a “silent tsunami” of world hunger, researchers are working on a sequel to the first "green revolution" of... Read full story »

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