More from Less: The Surprising Story of How We Learned to Prosper Using Fewer Resources—and What Happens Next

by Andrew McAfee

GMO crops have been developed to resist viruses and other pests, better withstand drought and heat, require less fertilizer, and so on. They’re a powerful way to continue the Green Revolution, and to continue the recent trend of dematerializing agriculture—of getting larger and larger harvests from smaller and smaller amounts of land, water, fertilizer, and herbicide.