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We overproduce food, and produce far more of particularly inefficient kinds of food (e.g. corn) than we need. Although the ultimate long-term solution is to br
by Kadin 17y ago
We overproduce food, and produce far more of particularly inefficient kinds of food (e.g. corn) than we need.
Although the ultimate long-term solution is to bring the world population down to a more sustainable level, at least if we want everyone to be able to enjoy a First World standard of living, in the near term there is much that could be done to reduce impact without everyone suddenly starving.
The status quo is not the only way to feed everyone. The status quo has created an obesity epidemic on one hand, and an environmental disaster on the other.