Man's survival, from the time of Adam and Eve until the invention of agriculture, must have been precarious because of his inability to ensure his food supply.
Norman Borlaug
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- Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply.
- Without food, man can live at most but a few weeks without it, all other components of social justice are meaningless.
- Yet food is something that is taken for granted by most world leaders despite the fact that more than half of the population of the world is hungry.
- Almost certainly, however, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind.
- Man's survival, from the time of Adam and Eve until the invention of agriculture, must have been precarious because of his inability to ensure his food supply.