Herb Sorensen, Ph.D.

Vegetarian Diet Advised in Anticipation of World Food Shortage

September 4, 2009

FROM RETAILWIRE:
A report on the future of food security in the U.K. has suggested that "the British people face wartime rations and a vegetarian diet in the event of a world food shortage," according to a report in The Times. Should American retailers start getting ahead of the curve by promoting more vegetarian and non-meat products?      [more...]

It is interesting that many of the same Malthusian voices trumpeting coming shortages, are also the ones at the forefront of seeking to halt or limit production.

There is an intimate relation between land, air, water and energy. Flying around the world, one sees VAST amounts of all of these, with tiny fringes of humans here and there. The only real resource dangers humans face are between the ears of those who seek to seize control of the rest of us in order to force their own apocalyptic views on us, and halt the growth of prosperity and consumption.

I've tried to not let my lifetime vegetarianism deprive me of some measure of common sense! :)