Abstract
Nature, history, and economics have been generous to a portion of the world’s population by providing food security and freeing societies from the burden of the constant search for food. A combination of productive land, favorable climate, natural resources, stable politics, and the application of science and technology under circumstances of advantageous marketing opportunity have produced a seemingly boundless and abundant food supply at a remarkably low cost. In the United States, approximately 1.5% of the population works in farming yet produces sufficient food to feed more than 270 million people all at an average cost of less than 11.5% of disposable income.
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Potter, N.N., Hotchkiss, J.H. (1995). Hunger, Technology, and World Food Needs. In: Food Science. Food Science Text Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4985-7_25
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