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The End of Plenty: The Race to Feed a Crowded World

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Description for The End of Plenty: The Race to Feed a Crowded World Paperback. When Malthus famously outlined the brutal relationship between food and population, he never imagined the success of modern agriculture. This book is suitable for anyone concerned with what the coming decades hold for our planet and our diet if we don't take action now. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV; RNFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 233 x 32. Weight in Grams: 514.
An award-winning environmental journalist introduces a new generation of farmers and scientists on the frontlines of the next green revolution.

When Malthus famously outlined the brutal relationship between food and population, he never imagined the success of modern agriculture. New seeds, chemicals and irrigation, coupled with free trade, drove the greatest global population boom in history — but left ecological devastation and an unsustainable agro-economic status quo in their wake. Now, with a greater number of mouths to feed than ever before, tightening global food supplies have spurred riots and reform around the world.

Joel K. Bourne Jr. takes ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Scribe Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
, Australia
ISBN
9781925228120
SKU
V9781925228120
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About Jr. Joel K. Bourne
Joel K. Bourne Jr. is currently a Contributing Writer at _National Geographic_, where he has worked since 2000, first as a Senior Writer and then as Senior Editor for the Environment. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Agronomy from North Carolina State University, and a Master’s in Journalism from Columbia University.

Reviews for The End of Plenty: The Race to Feed a Crowded World
'Much of this book is sad and scary – it's going to be hard to feed a world that we're relentlessly heating. But reading about the amazing advances being made by developing-world farmers with 'organic' agriculture left me with a vision of the planet we could still create.'
Bill McKibben 'Joel K. Bourne Jr. has written one of the ... Read more

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