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A great commentary on the crisis in global food security from the Americas Program.
"For the first time since widespread famines devastated whole populations, serious doubts about global food supply have gripped societies throughout the world.
The problem this time is not so much the quantity of food produced (if it ever was), but what productive land will be used for, who will feed us, and who will eat."
Read the rest here.
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