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6. Almost all people on this planet subsist primarily on just a few food crops

Fri May 1, 2015, 08:51 PM

May 2015

http://www.businessinsider.com/10-crops-that-feed-the-world-2011-9#

Corn, rice, wheat, and potatoes along probably supply well over 70% of the planet's calories.

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What kind of world do we live in that 3.5b people SoLeftIAmRight Apr 2015 #1

A world with 7 billion people. Thor_MN Apr 2015 #3

you get my point SoLeftIAmRight May 2015 #4

It kicks the can down the road a little bit. Thor_MN May 2015 #5

so sad and so true SoLeftIAmRight May 2015 #7

K&R trotsky Apr 2015 #2