"Food security will deteriorate further unless leading countries can collectively mobilize to stabilize population, restrict the use of grain to produce automotive fuel, stabilize climate, stabilize water tables and aquifers, protect cropland, and conserve soils." — Lester Brown, World Facing Huge New Challenge on Food Front
Lecture at Stockholm Water Conference
August 14, 2000
Keynote lecture, Stockholm Water Conference, "How Water Scarcity Will Shape the New Century."