--- title: "8 Global Food Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Global Food quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Global Food sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c3/lester-r-brown-14706_car_we-are-witnessing-the-beginning-of-one-o_105366.png" --- > [We are witnessing the beginning of one of the great tragedies of history. The United States, in a misguided effort to reduce…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-r-brown/we-are-witnessing-the-beginning-of-one-of-the-great-tragedies-of/) [Lester R. Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lester-r-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c3/lester-r-brown-14706_car_we-are-witnessing-the-beginning-of-one-o_105366.png) > [You've got a global food problem. You've got a food problem in the United States. You've got a food problem in Africa...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-graham-buffett/you-ve-got-a-global-food-problem-you-ve-got-a-food-problem-in-the/) [Howard Graham Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-graham-buffett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/359/howard-graham-buffett-29561_acres_you-ve-got-a-global-food-problem-you-ve_591600.jpg) > [The job of uncovering the global food waste scandal started for me when I was 15 years old. I bought some pigs.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tristram-stuart/the-job-of-uncovering-the-global-food-waste-scandal-started-for-me/) [Tristram Stuart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tristram-stuart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18a/tristram-stuart-17434_bought_the-job-of-uncovering-the-global-food-wa_889084.png) > [The global food supply chain is a multitrillion-dollar industry. That's the market we're thinking about disrupting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arvind-gupta/the-global-food-supply-chain-is-a-multitrillion-dollar-industry-that/) [Arvind Gupta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arvind-gupta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77f/arvind-gupta-22886_food_the-global-food-supply-chain-is-a-multit_1474962.jpg) > [“The air, soil and water cumulatively degrade; the climates and oceans destabilize; species become extinct at a spasm rate across continents; pollution…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcmurtry/the-air-soil-and-water-cumulatively-degrade-the-climates-and-oceans/) John McMurtry [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a38/john-mcmurtry-198402_capitalism_the-air-soil-and-water-cumulatively-degr_2194669.jpg) > [Global food insecurity is increasing...the slim excess of growth in food production over population is narrowing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-r-brown/global-food-insecurity-is-increasing-the-slim-excess-of-growth-in/) [Lester R. Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lester-r-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a0/lester-r-brown-14706_environmental_global-food-insecurity-is-increasing-the_2311421.png) > [GM has never been about feeding the world or tackling environmental problems. It is and has always been about control of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zac-goldsmith/gm-has-never-been-about-feeding-the-world-or-tackling-environmental/) [Zac Goldsmith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zac-goldsmith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b15/zac-goldsmith-15438_about_gm-has-never-been-about-feeding-the-worl_2607386.jpg) > [Canadian farmers are an essential part of the global food supply chain, and they should have been exempt from the carbon tax…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslyn-lewis/canadian-farmers-are-an-essential-part-of-the-global-food-supply/) [Leslyn Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslyn-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df5/leslyn-lewis-6131_canadian_canadian-farmers-are-an-essential-part-o_3126955.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/global-food/#itemlist", "name": "Global Food Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We are witnessing the beginning of one of the great tragedies of history. 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