The End Of Plenty Summary
The article “The End of Plenty” describes the shortage of food that has been negatively effecting the world. There is a lower amount of food being produced than being consumed. As a result, the cost of food is rising dramatically. The climate change could affect half of our farmland. If we stay on this path, we are going to run out of resources by 2030. We need to double our food supply and fast.
In 1793, a mathematician by the name of Thomas Robert Malthus and a few Enlightenment philosophers predicted the cause of the Global Food Crisis. Their prediction was human population grows at a geometric rate that doubles every 25 years. But, the food production grows arithmetically, which is noticeably slower.
In 1943, about 4 million people died
In 1793, a mathematician by the name of Thomas Robert Malthus and a few Enlightenment philosophers predicted the cause of the Global Food Crisis. Their prediction was human population grows at a geometric rate that doubles every 25 years. But, the food production grows arithmetically, which is noticeably slower.
In 1943, about 4 million people died