Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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I spoke with Vaclav Smil about his new book, How to Feed the World, and the staggering reality of global food production: We grow enough to feed everybody but waste over a third of it.

You can read more about this issue—and how Vaclav thinks we can solve it—on Gates Notes now gatesnot.es/41nL5EG.