Stories by Lester R. Brown

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

April 22, 2009 — Lester R. Brown

Human Food Production as a Process in the Biosphere

Human population growth is mainly the result of increases in food production. This relation raises the question: How many people can the biosphere support without impairment of its overall operation?...

September 1, 1970 — Lester R. Brown