The Roots of "40 Chances". Story 1: The day I heard the clock tick
Story 2: Prague, 1968: The Soviet army eats first, "we get what is left"
Story 3: From bulldozing dirt to building soil
Story 5: Because "Al called"
Story 6: The ovarian lottery
Story 7: Reality has a nutty taste, especially when fried
Story 8: Where hunger hides.
Bravery, Courage, and Hope. Story 9: Loved, but lost
Story 12: Sex and hunger in Timbuktu
Story 13: Loss in Armenia
Story 14: Farming under fire
Story 15: Seeds of change
Story 17: A Franciscan padre in the Sierra Madre
Story 18: Gorillas v. guerillas.
Hard-Learned Lessons. Can this village be saved?
Story 20: A complicated legacy
Story 21: For yields to go up, we have to look down
Story 21 1/2: Owners make better farmers
Story 23: What does doing better look like? / by Howard W. Buffett
Story 24: "Who came up with this crazy idea?"
Story 25: A six-beer insight
Story 26: Less than sparkling.
Challenges We Need to Figure Out. Story 27: Elephants and experts
Story 28: Can smarter carrots save soil?
Story 29: Chains that unlock potential / by Howard W. Buffett
Story 30: Women may be key, but don't ignore men
Story 31: Souped-up yields from stripped-down tools
Story 32: Does aid plant seeds of violence? / by Howard W. Buffett.
Reasons to Hope. Story 33: Opening what once was Cerrado
Story 34: Chocolate-covered opportunities
Story 35: Fired up in Ghana
Story 37: Hungry for data
Story 38: The power of a piece of paper
Story 39: Farmer of the future / by Howard W. Buffett.
Story 40: A new approach to governance
A Perssimistic Optimist Returns to Prague.