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Old 10-03-2011, 10:26 PM posted to rec.gardens.edible,rec.gardens
David Hare-Scott[_2_] David Hare-Scott[_2_] is offline
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Default Save Climate and Double Food Production With Eco-Farming
wrote:
Billy writes:

An urgent transformation to 'eco-farming' is the only way to end
hunger and face the challenges of climate change and rural poverty,
said Olivier De Schutter, U.N. Special Rapporteur

That statement is ridiculous.

No amount of additional production will "end" hunger.
Not with an ever increasing demand for food.

All of these political types are afraid to admit the truth.
There are limits.

The shade of Malthus wails over Africa, nobody listens.

David
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