Sri Lanka tried to implement an all organic food production system, which failed miserably. Yet, even in the U.S., EPA is taking away or banning certain pesticides. The crazy idea of getting rid of all nitrogen fertilizers and pesticides has cost two governments in Sri Lanka their jobs. From what I read, Sri Lanka is coming back to its senses.

The Inflation Reduction Act, recently passed by Congress, will see more money given to farmers not to farm, under the guise of being climate friendly.

Nineteen Attorneys General, mostly Republican, are investigating the six largest U.S. banks over their alleged commitment to the United Nation’s net zero emissions goal. It is claimed that collusion by these banks with the UN undermines the American farmer, while benefiting the Chinese Communist Party.

Speaking last month at a UN Food and Agriculture event, Director General Qu Dongyu, a member of the Chinese Communist Party, claimed that “…3 billion people today can’t afford a healthy diet.” I suspect he is correct. Yet, most of the bad food policies and global food policies are permitted by the United Nations and its World Economic Forum.

The European Union is jumping in as well and targeting farmers. The Netherlands stated that nitrates are contaminating its waters and therefore a number of farmers will need to go out of business. Its farmers have revolted. There is a claim that agriculture is responsible for 40% of the nitrogen emissions in The Netherlands. The people in The Netherlands think they cannot reduce nitrogen by “tinkering” with the feed to dairy animals. Notwithstanding the tinkering by the Dutch Minister of Agriculture, at the end of 2020 he got enough support in The Netherlands parliament to limit nitrogen emissions. There must be a reduction in these emissions of 40-70% by 2035.

Even our Canadian friends want to reduce the use of fertilizer! The country wants to cut fertilizer emissions by 14% by 2030. This way they are reducing greenhouse gas emissions if they stop applying anhydrous ammonia and/or fertilizer.  The CEO of Fertilizer Canada also supports the government’s push to reduce Canadian emissions, but even the CEO believes the Canadians cannot reduce food productivity.  In Canada, agriculture emissions account for about 10% of Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions. The Canadian government wants to cut greenhouse emissions by about 45%, to 2005 levels, by 2030. The Canadian government thinks it can reduce emissions without mandatory fertilizer cuts, but farmers disagree.