Category Archives: Population

Overpopulation and the Small Farmers of Oakwood

Posted on October 20, 2013 by GDS

Speaking of overpopulation: I found Oakwood chapel.  I was in England in May and I spent a day tracking down this little chapel that played such a fateful role in Western ideas on population and food. Oakwood (or Okewood) it … Continue reading →

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Overpopulation? Don’t Bet On It.

Posted on September 9, 2013 by GDS

If you are concerned with overpopulation, you may have noticed that The Bet is back in the news.  The Bet involved Paul Ehrlich who, for those of you too young to remember, was the Stanford biologist who scared the bejeezus … Continue reading →

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Feeding Hungry Indians

Posted on June 16, 2011 by GDS

News today in the Bombay press about India’s worrisome food imbalance. Too much food. It seems that India’s “buffer stocks” have more than 30 million tons of wheat and rice over what they want or can handle.  Having sucked down … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Biotechnology, Food, India, Population | 17 Comments