"It is not the atomic bomb, but the food crisis that may destroy us." That was the valedictory, delivered in Geneva last week, of Sir John Boyd Orr, preparing to retire as director general of U.N.'s Food & Agriculture Organization.
For most of his 67 years, Scottish Nutritionist Orr has been trying to get more food to more stomachs. As chief of FAO since 1945, he has pleaded for governments to stop building armaments and use their money to halt erosion. He also demanded an all-powerful food board to divide available surpluses among...
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