![Giving Out Corn to the People, During a Season of Scarcity.”: Chinese officials engaged in famine relief. Detail of engraving by](https://calendar.calacademy.org/sites/default/files/styles/manual_crop_standard_960x540/public/assets/images/misc/engraving-faminerelief-china.png?itok=qXLpjOl2&c=63ab7ab3862e5c0e63c2c01212a01a25)
Giving Out Corn to the People, During a Season of Scarcity.”: Chinese officials engaged in famine relief. Detail of engraving by G. F. Sargent.
I recently wrote a commentary on Erle Ellis' op-ed in the NY Times, addressing human overpopulation, food, and ecosystems. I found it to be a rather poorly constructed article, and addressed it in my Food Weblog. Here is the full response: Overpopulation? No Problem!