The Seeds We Sow

<p>Practice random acts of kindness is a catchy little phrase. It is also nonsense for there should be nothing random about the decision to be kind. THE SEEDS WE SOW: A Story of the Greatest Kindness offers historical proof that it is the most powerful of all decisions. </p><p> </p><p>This book tells the story of the intertwined lives of Dr. George Washington Carver Vice President Henty Agard Wallace and Nobel Laureate Norman E. Borlaug. It shows how their kindnesses were passed on and enhanced across generations.</p><p> </p><p>In his quest to help feed poor people George Washington Carver was not influential because he was the peanut man. Rather he changed the world by bringing the Beatitudes to life in his Tuskegee laboratory. His prot��g�� Henry Agard Wallace continued Carver's work as the New Deal Secretary of Agriculture and Vice President of the United States. He was likely one of the twentieth century's most underappreciated and misunderstood leaders. In turn Wallace passed the baton to Norman Borlaug who worked in quiet obscurity until he was the surprise recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970. He is credited with sparing two billion people the horrors of starvation.</p><p> </p><p>M.S. Swaminathan of India summed up his friend's life Norman Borlaug is the living embodiment of the human quest for a hunger-free world. His life is his message.</p><p> </p><p>Because Carver Wallace and Borlaug lived so do we.</p>