Full Planet Empty Plates Chapter Summary

The book “Full Planet, Empty Plates” by Lester R. Brown discusses the future of food on the planet. Although there may be enough food for everyone on the planet, a great deal of that food is being used for less efficient purposes or is being wasted. This book categorized into logical chunks that describe all the major issues related to the food that humans face.

In chapter 1, “Food: The Weak Link” show the world food situation is deteriorating. Grain stocks have dropped to a dangerously low level. The world food price Index has doubled in a decade. The ranks of the hungry are expanding. Political unrest is spreading. The world used to have more food than they needed. There was always a reserve of excess grain in case of crop failure. However,

The problem is the developing world is also where people do not have enough money to pay for food, and they are often the ones who have to deal with the effects of climate change most intensely. To sustain the food system, we need to stabilize population growth.

In the following chapter 3 “Moving Up the Food Chain” as countries develop they often eat more meat. The United States used to the largest consumer of meat in the world; however, as people in China and other countries continue to grow the economic income they want meat as well. We know that eating meat instead of grains requires more land and resources. Animals need land water and a lot more grain to build up their bodies, so there is more to eat.

In chapter 4 “Food or Fuel?” the author exposed that there is a political pressure in some countries to include biofuel, or gas created from the oil of crops for the power of vehicles. Some areas, such as Europe even have minimum requirements. However, if more food used as a fuel, less is available to eat, and the price goes up. When oil prices rise, biofuels are more affordable than oil, and if oil prices drop, they look more

By 2030, food shortages are spreading all over the world, and even advanced nations are expected to face great disasters. Food, clothing and shelter element the requisites of our life, but failure to solve the most important food can cause a disaster. If the eating habits become difficult due to the reasons like global warming, and the price fluctuation resulting from this is getting worse, I worry that it will become the world where people living only with money will live. I was deeply sympathetic to the poverty eradication mentioned in chapter 11 of this book. The earth is now suffering from absolute hunger and its problems. The earth is becoming increasingly polarized. Those who live at high basic income do not eat food for weight loss, and those with low-income do not even have water, making it difficult to keep up basic living. Stories about food shortages in my hometown, Korea, are often the source of the news. It is about the North Korea. There is one of the most inhospitable areas in the world where humanitarian relief, political and social issues are linked. In broadcasting, sometimes a person who has escaped often tells his story. They explain the background to escape to a safe country and often stress the food shortages experienced by North Koreans. My belief that only people living in Africa are suffering from food shortages broke by another food shortage in a very close place. According to