A shrinking fraction of the world’s major crops goes to feed the hungry, with more used for nonfood purposes

Harvesting soybeans in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Brazil exports soybeans and uses them domestically to make animal feed and biodiesel. Paulo Fridman/Corbis via Getty Images – By Deepak Ray, Senior Scientist, University of Minnesota Published: 2022 May 13 – CC BY-ND – Rising competition …