Full Planet Empty Plates Summary

In Chapters 1 and 2 of “Full Planet, Empty Plates”, Lester Brown argues that the world population is increasing and food is becoming more scarce. I agree with both of Brown’s arguments because the increasing world population correlates with the growing scarcity of food.

Chapter 1 discusses the rise in food prices and scarcity of food. While food is becoming more expensive and scarce, people are becoming more hungry. As people cultivate more land, the soil becomes depleted, and is then harder to grow crops. Due to the immense amount of meat people eat, livestock is grown on farms and contributes to the depletion of the soil, as well. Brown believes that “it is becoming much more difficult for the world’s farmers to keep up with the world’s