Friday, October 24, 2014
How To Feed Nine Billion People - Dennis Dimick
In order to feed 9 billion people, the global food output will need to double. Dennis Dimick, who wrote the cover issue of May 2014's issue of National Geographic magazine, warns that as socieities become more developed, they increase their meat and dairy intake, which requires more energy and land resources. The majority of corn and soy grown is utilized for livestock feed, biofuels, and high fructose cornsyrup. He believes large scale and small scale farming will both be neccessary to provide food for the world into the future. EAT, the New Food Revolution is the cover story in the May 2014 issue of
National Geographic Magazine. Executive editor Dennis Dimick, analyzes
how we are to feed the increasing human population.
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