Food production has not only kept up with population growth but has managed somehow to outstrip it. There are ups and downs from year to year because of the weather, and there are pockets of starvation around the world (due not to a global lack of food, but to a lack of ways to transport it where it’s needed).
我们在某种程度上打败了马尔萨斯。粮食生产没有跟随人口增长的步伐，而是成功地超越了前者。虽然由于天气原因每年的粮食产量会有所起伏，但全球饥荒饿死人的现象却鲜有发生（即便发生也不是因为全球粮食短缺，而是因为缺乏把粮食运到所需地方的方式）。总的说来，粮仓都塞得满满的。