” Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply. “
” Yet food is something that is taken for granted by most world leaders despite the fact that more than half of the population of the world is hungry. “
” Man’s survival, from the time of Adam and Eve until the invention of agriculture, must have been precarious because of his inability to ensure his food supply. “
” Almost certainly, however, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind. “
” Food is the moral right of all who are born into this world. “
” Without food, man can live at most but a few weeks, without it, all other components of social justice are meaningless. “
” I am but one member of a vast team made up of many organizations, officials, thousands of scientists, and millions of farmers – mostly small and humble – who for many years have been fighting a quiet, oftentimes losing war on the food production front. “
” Unless there is one master gene for yield, which I’m guessing there is not, engineering for yield will be very complex. It may happen eventually, but through the coming decades, we must assume that gene engineering will not be the answer to the world’s food problems. “
” In my Nobel lecture, I suggested we had until the year 2000 to tame the population monster, and then food shortages would take us under. Now I believe we have a little longer. “
” The breakup of the former Soviet Union has caused its grain output to plummet, but if the new republics recover economically, they could produce vast amounts of food. “
” If people want to believe that the organic food has better nutritive value, it’s up to them to make that foolish decision. But there’s absolutely no research that shows that organic foods provide better nutrition. “
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