{"id":265023,"date":"2024-11-21T13:39:56","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T13:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/21\/how-to-feed-the-world-review-vaclav-smils-take-on-future-food-supply-has-one-big-flaw\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:10:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:10:24","slug":"how-to-feed-the-world-review-vaclav-smils-take-on-future-food-supply-has-one-big-flaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/21\/how-to-feed-the-world-review-vaclav-smils-take-on-future-food-supply-has-one-big-flaw\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Feed the World review: Vaclav Smil&#8217;s take on future food supply has one big flaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"ArticleImage\">\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" width=\"1350\" height=\"899\" alt=\"2XXTC85 Fish Farm on Sea, Hatchery Fishing, Greece Aquaculture, Marine Fish Farm. Sea fish farm cages and fishing nets, farming fish, with marine landscape an\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/18112525\/SEI_229426909.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1288px) 837px, (min-width: 1024px) calc(57.5vw + 55px), (min-width: 415px) calc(100vw - 40px), calc(70vw + 74px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/18112525\/SEI_229426909.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/18112525\/SEI_229426909.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/18112525\/SEI_229426909.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/18112525\/SEI_229426909.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/18112525\/SEI_229426909.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/18112525\/SEI_229426909.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/18112525\/SEI_229426909.jpg?width=837 837w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/18112525\/SEI_229426909.jpg?width=900 900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/18112525\/SEI_229426909.jpg?width=1003 1003w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/18112525\/SEI_229426909.jpg?width=1100 1100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/18112525\/SEI_229426909.jpg?width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/18112525\/SEI_229426909.jpg?width=1300 1300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/18112525\/SEI_229426909.jpg?width=1400 1400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/18112525\/SEI_229426909.jpg?width=1500 1500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/18112525\/SEI_229426909.jpg?width=1600 1600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/18112525\/SEI_229426909.jpg?width=1674 1674w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/18112525\/SEI_229426909.jpg?width=1700 1700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/18112525\/SEI_229426909.jpg?width=1800 1800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/18112525\/SEI_229426909.jpg?width=1900 1900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/18112525\/SEI_229426909.jpg?width=2006 2006w\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-image-context=\"Article\" data-image-id=\"2456640\" data-caption=\"Are fish farms like this one in Greece truly becoming more efficient?\" data-credit=\"Elena_Alex_Ferns\/Alamy\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImageCaption__CaptionWrapper\">\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Title\">Are fish farms like this one in Greece truly becoming more efficient?<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Credit\">Elena_Alex_Ferns\/Alamy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguin.co.uk\/books\/456795\/how-to-feed-the-world-by-smil-vaclav\/9780241645390\">How to Feed the World<\/a><\/strong><\/em><br \/><strong>Vaclav Smil (Penguin Books)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We had better hope that Vaclav Smil is wrong about the world\u2019s food system. If he is right, the implication is that we will end up bulldozing what little remains of nature to keep the food we like on our plates.<\/p>\n<p>The message I took from his new book, <i>How to Feed the World: A factful guide<\/i>, is that the food system pretty much has to be the way it is, and that there will\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg26435180-400-vaclav-smils-take-on-how-to-feed-future-populations-has-one-big-flaw\/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=home\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Are fish farms like this one in Greece truly becoming more efficient? 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