"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
Lester Brown Interviewed on NPR’s Talk of the Nation
July 26, 2012
As drought and high temperatures continue to devastate much of the country's corn and soybean crops, the USDA reports that food prices will continue to rise at least into 2013. On July 24, Lester Brown and NPR senior business editor Marilyn Geewax discussed the rising cost of food on NPR's Talk of the Nation.