In light of our upcoming February Meeting exploring the theme of ‘Sustainable Diets’ – see below for a couple infographics showing the annual incoe spent on food globally and world population growth, produced by Washington State University.

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“A map of the world based on food costs as a percentage of income compared with incidence of juvenile malnutrition.

The size of the country represents the percentage spent on food. The darker the color, the higher the rate of malnutrition.”

“The first billion was the hardest. But starting in the 1950s, billions and billions more people arrived. As fertility rates decline, the world population could peak at 9 billion or so. But that’s 9 billion or so mouths to feed.”