There is a new movement against farming

[Grouse]

There is a new movement against farming. This is no random grassroots movement. It's a global one with political interests. This new collective strategy proposes to reduce agricultural production, reduce livestock numbers, and ban plant growth-enhancing fertilizers. To reduce agricultural production when hunger and poverty are still prevalent among billions in the world will be suicidal. The more food costs, the more people will be pushed into food poverty. Those who are intentional about ending global poverty and those with a compassionate heart cannot support draconic agricultural policies that seek to disrupt the great advancement in global food production.

A while back I posted about Bill Gates buying up American farmland at an alarming rate.  Nobody seemed to be concerned.  We now see he is taking all of that farmland out of production.  We should all be concerned now.

 

Edited September 17, 2022 by Grouse

[Grouse]

[Gobbler Chaser]

Oy

[Grouse]

The objective, they claim, is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, especially nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide. They say this will “save” the planet from climate catastrophe. But the proposed actions threaten to increase food prices, cause shortages of staple crops, and increase global food insecurity.

In fact, some countries like Canada and the Netherlands are already instituting policy changes that require the reduction of nitrogen fertilizers and farming equipment that runs on fossil fuels. Farmers in both countries are in a state of shock as these actions go against the need of the hour, which is to produce more food crops.

The farming community plays a crucial role by producing food, one of our most basic and fundamental needs. Without adequate food, civilization will struggle to carry out its other endeavors.

The worst affected are the poorer economies in Africa, Asia, and South America. More than 800 million live in active hunger globally. Surprisingly, food poverty is growing even in advanced economies like the U.S. According to the USDA, “38.3 million people lived in food-insecure households … 584,000 children (0.8 percent of the nation’s children) lived in households in which one or more child experienced very low food security.”

The recent events in Sri Lanka are a precursor and warning to Western economies. Sri Lanka’s economy collapsed completely in 2022, and the country’s decision to ban fertilizers and pesticides played a major role in leading to the crisis. Climate-sensitive agricultural practices that reduce/ban fertilizer and pesticide use will result in food shortages, inflation, and unprecedented farmer losses.

The proposed actions to reduce agricultural emissions will result in a reversal of centuries-long improvement in global agriculture and food security. The art of farming has been crafted over many centuries, and the plants were carefully bred. With the advent of agricultural technology, man was finally able to achieve unprecedented success and meet food demand of over seven billion people.

But now farmers will be forced to forgo their existing rights to make a profit and unable to feed the world. If a farmer is forced to reduce yield and emissions and to forgo the use of plant-growth enhancers, global food insecurity will plague more households and hunger will spread.

Those who are intent on ending global poverty and those with a compassionate heart cannot support draconic agricultural policies that seek to disrupt the great advancement in global food production.

The farming issue is discussed starting at the 21:00 mark.

Edited September 18, 2022 by Grouse

[SpacemanSpiff]

I agree 1000%. As a farmer we have seen this trending for some time. It goes further that fossil fuels and fertilizer. Governments have been driving insane policies involving labor. I can thank obama for a lot of that bull shit. Its no conspiracy, why is bill gates now the largest farm land owner in the country? Hmmmm. Not to mention this Russia nonsense thats going on. Most fertilizer comes from that region, not to mention the main fungicides we use are mined over seas in unstable regions that are easily swayed politically. 

[Four Seasons]

23 hours ago, Grouse said:

There is a new movement against farming. This is no random grassroots movement. It's a global one with political interests. This new collective strategy proposes to reduce agricultural production, reduce livestock numbers, and ban plant growth-enhancing fertilizers. To reduce agricultural production when hunger and poverty are still prevalent among billions in the world will be suicidal. The more food costs, the more people will be pushed into food poverty. Those who are intentional about ending global poverty and those with a compassionate heart cannot support draconic agricultural policies that seek to disrupt the great advancement in global food production.

A while back I posted about Bill Gates buying up American farmland at an alarming rate.  Nobody seemed to be concerned.  We now see he is taking all of that farmland out of production.  We should all be concerned now.

 

Exactly. We fight private property rights every year. We get offers offering payoff to leave acreage out of production and the farm runs on over 3000 acres including leases and is 100% organic. People better wake up and know what idiots they are putting in charge of this country. It’s mostly democratic leaders over the years and yet because they don’t like a man even though he had their interests in mind they vote those that could care less about them into office. 

[Gobbler Chaser]

Bill Gates owns 1/4 of 1 percent of Americas farmland. The movement against America's farmland is nothing new and started long ago when corporations started buying up Family farms back in the early 1980s and way before. Now the agricultural giants/Wallstreet own the majority of the farmland that we receive our food from. Yep and that includes alot of foreign influence. Gates although very rich still has nowhere near the money to buy enough agricultural land to support the theory that he's planning on somehow starving the masses.

[Grouse]

He's taking farmland out of production.  That has an impact, especially when he's only one of the people doing it.  He's just doing his part to attack modern farming and force the changes he would like to see on the rest of us.

Any reduction in farming raises prices.

[Nomad]

It’s a tough job .with high barriers to entry , massive government control , at the mercy of the weather , commodities brokers and as my farmer father in law would say, “ you never own the land , just rent it from the government.” 
 

I only know people who’ve stopped , none who’ve started farming , and the ones still in it are giving up on some aspects , like dairy , no roi . 

[ncountry]

2 hours ago, Grouse said:

He's taking farmland out of production.  That has an impact, especially when he's only one of the people doing it.  He's just doing his part to attack modern farming and force the changes he would like to see on the rest of us.

 

What are your sources? Most info out there says that it was purely an investment , still in production, and not even his original idea. No doubt land typically is a great long term investment.

[Gobbler Chaser]

22 hours ago, Gobbler Chaser said:

Bill Gates owns 1/4 of 1 percent of Americas farmland. The movement against America's farmland is nothing new and started long ago when corporations started buying up Family farms back in the early 1980s and way before. Now the agricultural giants/Wallstreet own the majority of the farmland that we receive our food from. Yep and that includes alot of foreign influence. Gates although very rich still has nowhere near the money to buy enough agricultural land to support the theory that he's planning on somehow starving the masses.

I stand corrected. Gates only owns 0.027% of Americas farmland. But I'm still pissed at him for putting those micro chips into the COVID Vaccine he fooled everyone into taking. 

[Grouse]

Actually, he was involved in investing in the vaccines to make a huge profit, from something that was completely worthless.  Why do you suppose he's partnered up with Monsanto right now?

[mattypotpie8S]

https://www.farmlandriches.com/largest-farmland-owners/

[Grouse]

"China & Bill Gates buying all sorts of farmland in America should be way more concerning than Elon Musk buying Twitter!" —Omar Navarro