Bad Math: Excess Food and Starving People

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Big Think
  • 6 years ago
Scientific estimates of Earth's maximum capacity range in the thousands of billions, but here's some troubling numbers we have confirmed: Earth's 6.8 billion residents produce enough food to feed between 9 and 11 billion, yet 1 billion go hungr

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