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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

One of the many things we love about Lester Brown’s Full Planet, Empty Plates is its readability. The book is only 160 pages with graphs and tables to provide visuals of the discussion. In his review, Jeff McIntire-Strasburg of Sustainablog wrote, “As with all of Brown’s books, Full Planet, Empty Plates is very well-documented: over 150 data sets accompany the book. Brown fully explains the extent of food challenges in various regions of the globe, and the potential impacts based on environmental and socioeconomic factors in these regions.”

As we said last week, we at Earth Policy Institute like to offer an array of options for our research to reach as wide an audience as possible. Here are a few quick facts to get you thinking about the global food crisis:

  • Food prices are rising dramatically. The U.N. Food Price Index in June 2012 was twice the base level of 2002-04.
  • Between 2005 and 2011, the amount of grain used to produce fuel for cars in the United States climbed from 41 million to 127 million tons—nearly a third of the U.S. grain harvest.
  • The 464 land acquisitions identified by the World Bank in 2010 totaled some 140 million acres—more than is planted in corn and wheat combined in the United States.

 

Even quicker is the video of Brown himself discussing the main issues raised in the book.

 



Enjoy!

Julianne

Posted by julianne on 11/13 at 09:00 AM

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Monday, November 05, 2012

The written word is a wonderful way to communicate ideas, but to reach out as widely as possible, we at Earth Policy Institute like to offer an array of options for our research.

Take a look at this five-minute video where Lester Brown speaks on some of the major topics covered in Full Planet, Empty Plates.

We have also uploaded two Power Point presentations providing graphic and textual highlights from the book.

And we are working on short video clips on some of the specific issues raised in the book.

Happy viewing!


Cheers,

Reah Janise Kauffman


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