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Jan. 04, 2013
'Full Planet, Empty Plates'
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In Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity, Lester Brown says the world's food supply is tightening, and the reasons are many. People in developing countries are eating more meat, a grain-intensive food; farmers are overpumping, causing water tables to fall; and crop yields have plateaued, despite technological advances.
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Lester Brown
Author, "Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity" (W.W. Norton & Company, 2012)
Founder and President, Earth Policy Institute
Washington, DC
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