Feeding A Growing Global Population

Published: March 16, 2018, 9 a.m.

The global population is steadily climbing, and by 2050, scientists expect that 10 billion people will call Earth home. This got science writer Charles Mann wondering: How are we going to feed all of those mouths without completely destroying the planet? Mann explores this question in his new book, \u201cThe Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow\u2019s World.\u201d We talk with him about whether innovation, conservation, or some mixture of the two, that will save humanity.