That seemed to me like questioning whether gravity is real or the earth is round Who else feeds the world? Apparently one pundit  Margaret Mellon  with the Union of Concerned Scientists  believes the world should feed itself by empowering women—a notion I have no dispute with—raising incomes—also no dispute from me—and improving infrastructure in developing nations to help move food from where it’s grown to where it’s consumed in a timely manner so that it does not spoil