dianavan...that is a serious misunderstanding of the situation. Yes...if all the food available could be 'distributed' equally, with no waste, we could probably feed most everyone. But it just doesnt work like that and never did. We have always had famines at various places, no matter what the total global supply. The energy required to get food from source to consumer is never in balance.

Plus, we are really, truly, honestly depleting major sources! The Grand Banks are almost empty, the Salmon runs are at a low ebb, the arable farm land is being paved over, the sources of feed for livestock are not being managed.......all the while, our population keeps growing.

One of these days, even the math that says "there is enough if distribution problems were solved" wont even be true...if it still is.

Starvation is a practical matter, not a statistical matter.