## Metadata - Author: [[Hope Jahren]] - Full Title: The Story of More - Category: #books ## Highlights - Science fiction notwithstanding, there is only so much corn that can be hung from a stalk and only so much meat that can be balanced on a backbone—we are running up against the biological limits of what our food can be. Sooner or later we will have to reconsider the fact that every year, we actively waste 90 percent of the grain we feed to animals, in exchange for a little meat and a lot of manure. So much about the future is uncertain, but the fact that we need to eat will never go away. The total number of people is increasing, and we need to figure out sooner rather than later how we might feed them all. At present, we are choosing ourselves over our own grandchildren three times a day when we ignore the problem, pick up our forks, and take another bite of meat. ([Location 665](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07VY7QVK9&location=665))