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The more food we grow pscot Sep 2013 #1
Exactly NoOneMan Sep 2013 #2
So why bother? bhikkhu Sep 2013 #3
Asking ,"How will we get enough food to feed this growing population?" pscot Sep 2013 #4
Except that, in this case, food does not drive population growth bhikkhu Sep 2013 #6
The human population is unstainable pscot Sep 2013 #18
Because everything is a problem ProSense Sep 2013 #5
It's not the abundance of food that does it. Spider Jerusalem Sep 2013 #11
Education allows women ways to participate in society other than as wife and mother bhikkhu Sep 2013 #14
nope. more food does not lead to more people. Liberal_in_LA Sep 2013 #7
Of course it does Spider Jerusalem Sep 2013 #13
Then why do the nations that produce the most food have the lowest birthrates? bhikkhu Sep 2013 #15
Because of lower infant mortality? Spider Jerusalem Sep 2013 #16
Neither of those have anything to do with the volume of food available bhikkhu Sep 2013 #19
Aiding Conflict: The Impact of U.S. Food Aid on Civil War joshcryer Sep 2013 #8
Interesting. ProSense Sep 2013 #9
No doubt with GMOs. joshcryer Sep 2013 #10
Why? n/t ProSense Sep 2013 #12
Because agribusiness still must profit. joshcryer Sep 2013 #17
True, but Monsanto is running into a lot of obstacles, and there are many countries involved. n/t ProSense Sep 2013 #23
Yeah right. joshcryer Sep 2013 #24
What's your solution? This isn't about Monsanto. n/t ProSense Sep 2013 #25
How about patent exemptions? joshcryer Sep 2013 #26
You are not talking about the initiative. You're talking about Monsanto. ProSense Sep 2013 #27
I'm talking about Feed the Future allowing agribusiness to screw over people. joshcryer Sep 2013 #28
Monsanto ProSense Sep 2013 #29
That's one patent. joshcryer Sep 2013 #30
The earth has several billion more people than it can sustain. Famine, war and disease are the Romulox Sep 2013 #20
So you oppose feeding people? n/t ProSense Sep 2013 #21
One quarter of the yearly income edhopper Sep 2013 #22
Here's a progress report. sheshe2 Sep 2013 #31
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