Author Spotlight: The historic challenge facing agricultural investors Imagine having to harvest more food in the next 40 years than humanity has harvested during the previous 10,000 years. That is the situation outlined by author Joel Bourne in his book “The End of Plenty.” With an expanding world population, tightening grain supplies, and the prospect of climate change rendering half of global farmland useless by the end of the century, the situation for farmers and investors is urgent. Mr. Bourne outlines the situation. (06/2017)