Posted January 8, 2021
There is no global shortage of food, there is a glut, even under any plausible future population scenario, writes Dr Jonathan Latham.  The idea that the world might soon be unable to feed its human population is an old and powerful narrative that has recently been extensively exploited by agribusiness. In its modern form the idea rests on the surprisingly narrow foundations of a small number of mathematical food system models. These in turn rest on specific testable assumptions.  Read more.