• Biofuels Development Leading to Food Abundance?

  Filed under biofuels
  Jul 7
  With all the talk about corn and crop lands being diverted away from food production and toward the production of biofuels, everyone has been expecting shortages of food and higher food prices. With this as background, I was surprised to read this morning that the EPA is now predicting a period of food abundance due to the rapid pace of innovation in productivity. Crop yields have risen dramatically along with biofuel yields from corn and soybean, and newer technologies are being developed that will replace corn with cellulose or switchgrass, or even algae.

  The result is a predicted food glut, with more food available in the future than there will be a market for. Get the full story here.

  Tagged as: biofuels, food abundance, food shortage, land use change
  
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