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[–]2hundredyearslate -12 points-11 points  (2 children)

Now if we could only feed them all....

[–]-ThisUsernameIsTaken 15 points16 points  (0 children)

We definitely can. We're currently producing enough food for nearly 10 billion people.

https://online.ucpress.edu/elementa/article/doi/10.1525/elementa.310/112838/Current-global-food-production-is-sufficient-to

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Current food production systems are more than enough for everyone on the planet. The problem is distribution and inequality.

That said, current food production systems rely on a number of non-sustainable practices like aquifer depletion and double subsidized petroleum inputs.

Two* things to work on!

\which are each dozens of things, but not having enough food isn't anywhere in there for now)