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Aug. 12, 2011
Feeding A Hotter, More Crowded Planet
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Nearly a billion people worldwide don't have reliable access to food, according to United Nations estimates, and some experts worry climate change will drive that number even higher. Ira Flatow and guests discuss the future of food security, and how farmers may need to adapt in coming generations. |
Guests
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Lester Brown
Author, "World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse" (W.W. Norton, 2011)
Founder and President
Earth Policy Institute
Washington, D.C. -
Gawain Kripke
Director
Policy and Research
Oxfam America
Washington, D.C. -
Gerald Nelson
Senior Research Fellow
International Food Policy Research Institute
Washington, D.C.
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