Countries have typically linked their national security closely with advanced weapon systems and a large military budget. The key to national security and survival, however, is a reliable food supply. A food supply must be maintained despite such factors as land conversion, population growth and economic inequalities. Reliable food supplies in developing countries are in jeopardy due to deliberate crop destruction and inefficient food distribution; resulting in widespread chronic hunger. Each year millions of acres of the world's farmland are lost to the spread of cities and suburbs, highway and airport construction and shopping centers. In Canada, most of th....

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