An eye-opening look at how the world will feed itself in the coming decades
By now, it is clear that the techniques of the first "Green Revolution" that averted mass starvation a generation ago, pesticides, chemical fertilizers, focusing on a few key crops-are threatening the food supply for future generations. Interestingly, the solution to this dilemma seems most likely to emerge from the still-developing world, where alternative methods and philosophies, based on indigenous knowledge and native crops as well as genetic engineering and other technological advances, are still possible.
Richard Manning reports on this emerging Green Revolution, placing it in social and political context, and presenting some surprising and controversial solutions to this most pressing environmental problem.
"Do you think advances in food production can only come from the likes of Monsanto, and other corporate giants with the might to develop whole new technologies? Do you think that the developing world must depend on the developed world for solutions to world hunger? The genius of Food's Frontier is that it shows us the many new answers emerging throughout the world, answers that are based on indi
John Robbins, author of Diet For A New America, and founder of EarthSave
"Food's Frontier sets a new intellectual standard for placing genomics, biotechnology, and food security into the lives of ordinary people ... combining complex scientific principles with a remarkably accessible style."
Paul R. Ehrlich, author of Human Natures and The Population Bomb
