>This leaves us only three choices:

1.  To drastically reduce the human birth rate (or better yet, the entire
population).  This is politically unpopular.
2.  To convert a few hundred thousand acres of virgin habitat per day to
farmland, which would greatly accelerate the extinction of species.
3.  To farm existing farmland more efficiently.

I would respectfully add a forth. Wast a whole lot less. This from the ARS feed I get.

U.S. consumers wasted 150,000 tons of food daily from 2007-2014, with fruits and veggies topping the list.
Food Waste Resonates Beyond the Trash Bin

https://www.ars.usda.gov/news-events/news/research-news/2018/food-waste-resonates-beyond-the-trash-bin/

It comes out to about 1 in 3 mouthfuls, strange coincidence with what we tout as bees contribution.

Paul Hosticka
Dayton WA

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