Mass starvation is humanity’s fate if we keep flogging the land to death | George Monbiot
by George Monbiot from on (#3AC7F)
The Earth cannot accommodate our need and greed for food. We must change our diet before it's too late
Brexit; the crushing of democracy by billionaires; the next financial crash; a rogue US president: none of them keeps me awake at night. This is not because I don't care - I care very much. It's only because I have a bigger question on my mind. Where is all the food going to come from?
By the middle of this century there will be two or three billion more people on Earth. Any one of the issues I am about to list could help precipitate mass starvation. And this is before you consider how they might interact.
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