RE: [pf] Fork in the evolution road

by Arnie Anfinson

26 December 2000 00:40 UTC

At 07:47 AM 21/12/00 -0800, David A wrote:  >or some people, somewhere, 
will have to eat less.>

 From Arnie:

We know that we in the West, particularly the USA, eat far too much -- note 
the problems with obesity -- and we waste a great deal also, so if the 
people in countries like ours where we eat and waste too much were to 
change this practice we'd have a lot more food to share.  So as a shortages 
arise -- as it has in many Third World countries, our challenge will be to 
distribute the surplus food to where it is needed.

IMO, we need to find ways to help the people to go back to growing their 
own food, as they did before being lured -- or forced by their governments, 
to grow cash crops for them to repay World Bank loans.

Arnie