«In our colonial and pioneer days, most people raised their own food, but as our nation has become industrialized and urbanized, we find that now only 7 per
cent of our population produces the food for our entire nation, and our consumers generally buy their food in stores.
Not exact matches
As Chancellor Merkel has said — if Europe today accounts for just over 7 per
cent of the world's
population,
produces around 25 per
cent of global GDP and has to finance 50 per
cent of global social spending, then it's obvious that it will have to work very hard to maintain its prosperity and way
of life.
Within two or three generations, this
produces a 50 per
cent reduction in
population in terms
of energy, resource and space utilisation.
Farm visits With 90 per
cent of the UK's
population living in cities, we have become increasingly disconnected from the farms where our food is
produced.
Yes, Australia only
produces about 1 1/2 per
cent of the world's emissions, but Australia has only about 0.3 per
cent of the world's
population, therefore the average Australian is responsible for (1 1/2 divided by 0.3 = 5) five times as much greenhouse gas as the average global citizen.