USDA to Spend $2.8 Billion on ‘Climate-Smart’ Research While US Fertilizer Prices Continue to Rise
If there is one thing that the government could do to ease the strain on American farms, and American families amid record-high inflation, it would be to halt wasteful and unnecessary spending. Of course, this is the sole purpose of a vast majority of the bureaucratic state.
That being said, the US Department of Agriculture is set to spend $2.8 billion on the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program, to primarily research what they call “climate-smart” agriculture techniques. The funding does not even go towards advancing an already tried-and-true technique; no, this is relatively untraceable spending, given to organizations that promise to find ways to not simply make farming net-zero, but to make agriculture an industry that can actually absorb and remove emissions.
“The aim of the pilot programs being funded by the USDA is to research practices that would allow agriculture to become a carbon sink — actually removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere — rather than a carbon emitter.”
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The biggest problem, aside from the reckless spending, is that agriculture is not meant to focus on carbon emissions — the entire objective is to produce food for people to eat, to make sure that grocery store shelves are full.
“Ultimately, USDA’s anticipated investment will triple to more than $3 billion in pilots that will create market opportunities for American commodities produced using climate-smart production practices.”
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Additionally, the USDA is missing the point of a “pilot program” — “a small, relatively inexpensive way to test your business idea, product or service on a market before you invest heavily in it,” — our government’s idea of an inexpensive way to test a concept is spending $2.8 billion.
This is all taking place as the price of fertilizer continues to rise, and as the cost of growing food in the US is expected to reach 18% relatively soon. European countries are now looking to America for supplies, as many governments have shut down nitrogen production, an essential ingredient used in most fertilizers, and target the agriculture industries during amid surging energy prices and shortages.
These are the sacrifices so many governments are willing to make on the altar of the “climate crisis.” They will let people suffer, ration energy during cold winter months, and shut down family farms — which hurt many multi-generational agriculture businesses, hurt economies that heavily relied on exporting goods, and hurt those who are already suffering from malnutrition. These concepts, when enacted upon, put people at immediate risk to ward-off perceived potential long-term risk.
“According the the World Food Progamme, over 48 million people already face emergency levels of hunger. About 10% are affected by high levels of malnutrition, leading the possibility of starvation.
The correlation is concerning to say the least, for the [World Economic Forum] to push for a reduction on necessary food production components such as fertilizers, alongside the “overpopulation” fear mongering.“
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The dangerous ideology that led to Europe’s dependency is making its way to America, but there is still time to turn back and understand the importance of energy and food independence.
