For about a decade, a project called HarvestPlus has been promoting an idea for fighting malnutrition in the third world: develop crops with higher levels of vitamins and minerals. Now HarvestPlus will get a chance to put its plan into action. It received a $25 million grant last week from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation giving it the money to jump-start its effort.

—New York Times, 10/21/03