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That Man May Not Starve and the Thompson Institute
A long feature argues the Thompson Institute of Plant Research near Yonkers led by William Boyce Thompson seeks to avert mass famine by 1950 and beyond. It cites scientists’ visions of nitrogen fixing bacteria, air-fed plants, underground protein farms, and enormous funding to boost crop yields for a growing population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Earth
Thompson Institute
Mother Nature
Doctor Crocker
Thompson Research Administration
John Dickinson Sherman
William Boyce Thompson
Thompson Institute of Plant Research
Yonkers
N. Y
Colonel Thompson
Institute
United States
Ross Aiken Gortner
Biochemistry Division
Minnesota College of Agriculture
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Waldine
Cambridge
Eng
Charles P. Steinmetz
Carnegie Foundation
Tucson
Carmel
Steinmetz
Haldine
Ife
Tle
Roosevelt Memorial Association
American Red Cross
Russia
Peru
Tie
Thompson
Nature
Hun
William Crocker
University of Chitas
Crocker
Canada
William Sanders
Talight
United States Department of Agriculture
Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction