This is a promo piece for Ed Regis' new book, right? Doesn't matter what the science is, as long as we buy the book in the end.

<wit> If you study hunger, you find that the root causes tend to be uncontrollable forces of nature like greed, corruption, and politics. Not that we _can't solve problems like this with frankenrice, but it may be more straightforward to help those who find themselves oppressed into poverty, be slightly less oppressed. </wit>