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A farmer brings in approximately 40 harvests over a lifetime. Howard shares his journey through 40 stories of hard lessons learned and what keeps him hopeful. We are proud to partner with the world food prize foundation and the tony blair africa governance initiative in recognizing these four extraordinary people. Buffett collaborated on a book about the challenges of feeding more than 2 billion more mouths. Comment s vanessa small vanessa small covers philanthropy and. In 2006, legendary investor warren buffett posed this challenge to his son howard g. The website for this book has many resources worth checking out.
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