Looks at the state of the food supply and food security in a world of rapidly expanding population, outlining the tremendous challenges humanity faces in the near future, and the scientists and farmers working to meet them in the face of a changing climate.

Theerstwhile agronomist -- The curse -- Famine's lethal lessons -- The Green Revolution : food, sex, and war -- The plight of the Punjab -- China : landraces and Lamborghinis -- Food, fuel, and profit -- The gauntlet -- The Blue Revolution -- Back in the USSR -- The blooming desert -- Magic seeds : feeding shareholders or the world? -- Organic agriculture : feeding the rich or enriching the poor? -- The Malawi miracle -- The grand "Desiderata.".