The world’s population will likely increase to nine billion people by 2050. That is a whole lot of mouths to feed. The combination of population growth and the world demand for richer diets will require us to approximately double the amount of crops grown over the next four to five decades. To make matters worse, the nine billion people will occupy more living space, require more infrastructure and use more recreation land, all leading to less land to farm. To feed the burgeoning population with fewer acres will require us to develop more …