"Eliminating water shortages depends on a global attempt to raise water productivity similar to the effort launched a half-century ago to raise land productivity, an initiative that has nearly tripled the world grain yield per hectare." –Lester R. Brown, World Facing Huge New Challenge on Food Front in Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization
Lester Brown’s Keynote Address in Milan
December 18, 2012
Lester Brown gave a keynote address (November 29, page 3) at Barilla’s 4th Annual Forum on Food and Nutrition in Milan, Italy. Following his keynote, he autographed copies of the Italian and English editions of Full Planet, Empty Plates and gave a presentation on the book.