WILL AMAZONIA FEED THE WORLD? - Charles V Dorothy & Lynn E Torrance - April 1970

Charles V Dorothy & Lynn E Torrance

Scientists warn of famine and mass starvation in the decade ahead. A world BREADBASKET is desperately needed. Some point to the Amazon Basin, hoping this vast green tropical jungle holds the key to staving off world hunger. Will Amazonia feed the world? Here is the conclusion of a two-part report on the mighty Amazon Basin. Rio de Janeiro. Orville Freeman, former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, told Brazilian officials in 1966 at Sao Paulo: "You have a tremendous [food] market. "This market is so rich," Mr. Freeman said, "if I… saw it down the road I would start producing because I could get rich as hell." Yes - get rich by selling food to the rapidly increasing world population. Somebody has to produce food for the predicted FOUR BILLION PEOPLE who will be alive on earth by 1975 – or millions will starve! - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library