The End of Plenty : The Race to Feed a Crowded World by Joel K., Jr. Bourne read online TXT, DOC, FB2
9780393079531 English 0393079538 When Robert Malthus (1766 1834) famously outlined the brutal relationship between food and population, he never imagined the success of modern scientific agriculture. New seeds, chemicals, and irrigation drove the greatest population boom in history but left ecological devastation in their wake. Now, with tightening global grain supplies spurring riots and revolutions, Joel K. Bourne Jr. takes readers from his family farm to international agricultural hotspots searching for a new land ethic that can sustainably feed us all. He visits young corporate farmers trying to restore Ukraine as Europe s breadbasket, a Canadian aquaculturist channeling ancient Chinese traditions, the agronomist behind the world s largest organic sugar cane plantation, and many other extraordinary farmers, large and small, who are racing to stave off a Malthusian catastrophe. Part history, part reportage, part advocacy, The End of Plenty is a wake-up call for anyone concerned about our planet and its people.", When Robert Malthus (1766-1834) famously outlined the brutal relationship between food and population, he never imagined the success of modern scientific agriculture. New seeds, chemicals, and irrigation drove the greatest population boom in history--but left ecological devastation in their wake. Now, with tightening global grain supplies spurring riots and revolutions, Joel K. Bourne Jr. takes readers from his family farm to international agricultural hotspots searching for a new land ethic that can sustainably feed us all. He visits young corporate farmers trying to restore Ukraine as Europe's breadbasket, a Canadian aquaculturist channeling ancient Chinese traditions, the agronomist behind the world's largest organic sugar cane plantation, and many other extraordinary farmers, large and small, who are racing to stave off a Malthusian catastrophe. Part history, part reportage, part advocacy, The End of Plenty is a wake-up call for anyone concerned about our planet and its people., When the demographer Robert Malthus (1766 1834) famously outlined the brutal relationship between food and population, he never imagined the success of modern scientific agriculture. In the mid-twentieth century, an unprecedented agricultural advancement known as the Green Revolution brought hybrid seeds, chemical fertilizers, and improved irrigation that drove the greatest population boom in history but left ecological devastation in its wake. In The End of Plenty, award-winning environmental journalist Joel K. Bourne Jr. puts our race to feed the world in dramatic perspective. With a skyrocketing world population and tightening global grain supplies spurring riots and revolutions, humanity must produce as much food in the next four decades as it has since the beginning of civilization to avoid a Malthusian catastrophe. Yet climate change could render half our farmland useless by century s end. Writing with an agronomist s eye for practical solutions and a journalist s keen sense of character, detail, and the natural world, Bourne takes readers from his family farm to international agricultural hotspots to introduce the new generation of farmers and scientists engaged in the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced. He discovers young, corporate cowboys trying to revive Ukraine as Europe s breadbasket, a Canadian aquaculturist channeling ancient Chinese traditions, the visionary behind the world s largest organic sugar-cane plantation, and many other extraordinary individuals struggling to increase food supplies quickly and sustainably as droughts, floods, and heat waves hammer crops around the globe. Part history, part reportage and advocacy, The End of Plenty is a panoramic account of the future of food, and a clarion call for anyone concerned about our planet and its people.", When the demographer Robert Malthus (1766-1834) famously outlined the brutal relationship between food and population, he never imagined the success of modern scientific agriculture. In the mid-twentieth century, an unprecedented agricultural advancement known as the Green Revolution brought hybrid seeds, chemical fertilizers, and improved irrigation that drove the greatest population boom in history--but left ecological devastation in its wake.In The End of Plenty, award-winning environmental journalist Joel K. Bourne Jr. puts our race to feed the world in dramatic perspective. With a skyrocketing world population and tightening global grain supplies spurring riots and revolutions, humanity must produce as much food in the next four decades as it has since the beginning of civilization to avoid a Malthusian catastrophe. Yet climate change could render half our farmland useless by century's end.Writing with an agronomist's eye for practical solutions and a journalist's keen sense of character, detail, and the natural world, Bourne takes readers from his family farm to international agricultural hotspots to introduce the new generation of farmers and scientists engaged in the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced. He discovers young, corporate cowboys trying to revive Ukraine as Europe's breadbasket, a Canadian aquaculturist channeling ancient Chinese traditions, the visionary behind the world's largest organic sugar-cane plantation, and many other extraordinary individuals struggling to increase food supplies--quickly and sustainably--as droughts, floods, and heat waves hammer crops around the globe.Part history, part reportage and advocacy, The End of Plenty is a panoramic account of the future of food, and a clarion call for anyone concerned about our planet and its people.
9780393079531 English 0393079538 When Robert Malthus (1766 1834) famously outlined the brutal relationship between food and population, he never imagined the success of modern scientific agriculture. New seeds, chemicals, and irrigation drove the greatest population boom in history but left ecological devastation in their wake. Now, with tightening global grain supplies spurring riots and revolutions, Joel K. Bourne Jr. takes readers from his family farm to international agricultural hotspots searching for a new land ethic that can sustainably feed us all. He visits young corporate farmers trying to restore Ukraine as Europe s breadbasket, a Canadian aquaculturist channeling ancient Chinese traditions, the agronomist behind the world s largest organic sugar cane plantation, and many other extraordinary farmers, large and small, who are racing to stave off a Malthusian catastrophe. Part history, part reportage, part advocacy, The End of Plenty is a wake-up call for anyone concerned about our planet and its people.", When Robert Malthus (1766-1834) famously outlined the brutal relationship between food and population, he never imagined the success of modern scientific agriculture. New seeds, chemicals, and irrigation drove the greatest population boom in history--but left ecological devastation in their wake. Now, with tightening global grain supplies spurring riots and revolutions, Joel K. Bourne Jr. takes readers from his family farm to international agricultural hotspots searching for a new land ethic that can sustainably feed us all. He visits young corporate farmers trying to restore Ukraine as Europe's breadbasket, a Canadian aquaculturist channeling ancient Chinese traditions, the agronomist behind the world's largest organic sugar cane plantation, and many other extraordinary farmers, large and small, who are racing to stave off a Malthusian catastrophe. Part history, part reportage, part advocacy, The End of Plenty is a wake-up call for anyone concerned about our planet and its people., When the demographer Robert Malthus (1766 1834) famously outlined the brutal relationship between food and population, he never imagined the success of modern scientific agriculture. In the mid-twentieth century, an unprecedented agricultural advancement known as the Green Revolution brought hybrid seeds, chemical fertilizers, and improved irrigation that drove the greatest population boom in history but left ecological devastation in its wake. In The End of Plenty, award-winning environmental journalist Joel K. Bourne Jr. puts our race to feed the world in dramatic perspective. With a skyrocketing world population and tightening global grain supplies spurring riots and revolutions, humanity must produce as much food in the next four decades as it has since the beginning of civilization to avoid a Malthusian catastrophe. Yet climate change could render half our farmland useless by century s end. Writing with an agronomist s eye for practical solutions and a journalist s keen sense of character, detail, and the natural world, Bourne takes readers from his family farm to international agricultural hotspots to introduce the new generation of farmers and scientists engaged in the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced. He discovers young, corporate cowboys trying to revive Ukraine as Europe s breadbasket, a Canadian aquaculturist channeling ancient Chinese traditions, the visionary behind the world s largest organic sugar-cane plantation, and many other extraordinary individuals struggling to increase food supplies quickly and sustainably as droughts, floods, and heat waves hammer crops around the globe. Part history, part reportage and advocacy, The End of Plenty is a panoramic account of the future of food, and a clarion call for anyone concerned about our planet and its people.", When the demographer Robert Malthus (1766-1834) famously outlined the brutal relationship between food and population, he never imagined the success of modern scientific agriculture. In the mid-twentieth century, an unprecedented agricultural advancement known as the Green Revolution brought hybrid seeds, chemical fertilizers, and improved irrigation that drove the greatest population boom in history--but left ecological devastation in its wake.In The End of Plenty, award-winning environmental journalist Joel K. Bourne Jr. puts our race to feed the world in dramatic perspective. With a skyrocketing world population and tightening global grain supplies spurring riots and revolutions, humanity must produce as much food in the next four decades as it has since the beginning of civilization to avoid a Malthusian catastrophe. Yet climate change could render half our farmland useless by century's end.Writing with an agronomist's eye for practical solutions and a journalist's keen sense of character, detail, and the natural world, Bourne takes readers from his family farm to international agricultural hotspots to introduce the new generation of farmers and scientists engaged in the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced. He discovers young, corporate cowboys trying to revive Ukraine as Europe's breadbasket, a Canadian aquaculturist channeling ancient Chinese traditions, the visionary behind the world's largest organic sugar-cane plantation, and many other extraordinary individuals struggling to increase food supplies--quickly and sustainably--as droughts, floods, and heat waves hammer crops around the globe.Part history, part reportage and advocacy, The End of Plenty is a panoramic account of the future of food, and a clarion call for anyone concerned about our planet and its people.