"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
The New Geopolitics of Food Cover Story for Utne Reader
December 19, 2012
Today the temptation for exporting countries to restrict exports in order to dampen domestic food price rises is greater than ever. Check out Lester Brown's piece in its entirety, based on his new book Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity, in the January/February issue of Utne Reader.