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National Geographic special report: Global Food Crisis – What will it take to feed the world’s skyrocketing population?

Posted by: Maven on May 28, 2009 at 7:58 am

From National Geographic:

It is the simplest, most natural of acts, akin to breathing and walking upright. We sit down at the dinner table, pick up a fork, and take a juicy bite, obliv­ious to the double helping of global ramifications on our plate. Our beef comes from Iowa, fed by Nebraska corn. Our grapes come from Chile, our bananas from Honduras, our olive oil from Sicily, our apple juice—not from Washington State but all the way from China. Modern society has relieved us of the burden of growing, harvesting, even preparing our daily bread, in exchange for the burden of simply paying for it. Only when prices rise do we take notice. And the consequences of our inattention are profound.

Read this National Geographic Special Report by clicking here.

May 28, 2009 · Filed Under Agriculture, Climate change & water supply, Development & Population

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