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Giving Out Corn to the People, During a Season of Scarcity.”: Chinese officials engaged in famine relief. Detail of engraving by G. F. Sargent.
I recently wrote a commentary on Erle Ellis' op-ed in the NY Times, addressing human overpopulation, food, and ecosystems. I found it to be a rather poorly constructed article, and addressed it in my Food Weblog. Here is the full response: Overpopulation? No Problem!