Could Food Shortages Bring Down Civilization?

The biggest threat to global stability is the potential for food crises in poor countries to cause government collapse

food shortages could bring down not only individual governments but also our global civilization. Our continuing failure to deal with the environmental declines that are undermining the world food economy—most important, falling water tables, eroding soils and rising temperatures—forces me to conclude that such a collapse is possible. Full Story »

Posted by Katie Gilmartin
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Posted by: Posted by Katie Gilmartin - Apr 22, 2009 - 10:07 PM PDT
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by Katie Gilmartin - Apr. 22, 2009

the story is well researched, but the author has an opinion

I enjoyed the article and I feel that it is very relevant

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