Black Star for National Geographic
01 January, 1991
Genetic Erosion: the World's Food Supply at Risk. A young girl close to death from malnutrition receives soy milk from a syringe at a children's home. The high protein food, produced by cross breeding soy bean varieties from Brazil and Indonesia, is proving to be a life saver in a world where about one billion people are afflicted by hunger.
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