Site of the Day for Wednesday, November 16, 2011 Feeding 7+ Billion Today's site, from the relentlessly optimistic folks at the Why Files, strikes an upbeat note with a report on the encouraging possibilities for increasing the food supply to feed an endlessly hungry planet. Gentle Subscribers will discover some of the proposed solutions which may make a significance difference in reducing the recurring threat of famine. "Can small solutions make a big difference? ... The green revolution fed billions, but population keeps rising, water is short and the climate is changing. How will Africans feed themselves despite poor soil and widespread poverty? Could small projects that fit the environment and culture make farmers an engine of prosperity and a big source of food?" - from the website This Why Files report, one of their abbreviated presentations, begins with a daunting review of the challenges to be overcome in order to reach sustainable food production. A graphical display -- the interactive Global Hunger Index -- offers statistics on child mortality, and the proportions of underweight and undernourished populations in the developing world, from 1990 to 2011. Micro loans of cash and gain, wetland protection combined with payments for ecosystem services, and reforestation efforts with cash producing trees are highlighted by the article as some of the diverse projects achieving positive results in a number of countries. Swing over to the site for micro solutions with heartening possibilities for reducing world hunger at: http://whyfiles.org/2011/feeding-7-billion/ A.M. Holm Comments? Suggestions? <amholm@xxxxxxxxxxx> Manage your subscription and view the List archives on the web at: <//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/webpage?webpage_id=sotd> and <//www.freelists.org/archives/sotd> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSUBSCRIBE by sending a blank email to sotd-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the Subject field.