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In July, U.S. Congressman Ro Khanna, Chair of the Subcommittee on Environment, held a hearing to examine regenerative agriculture, the role it can play in preventing the worst of the climate crisis while protecting food supply, and the urgent need to reform federal policies that unjustly favor corporate agribusiness, often at the expense of family farmers.
For decades, the term “regenerative agriculture” existed largely in the margins of the sustainable food debate. But in the last few years it has been catapulted to the heart of that debate. So, is the rise of regenerative agriculture an opportunity for organic, or could it even present a threat? Let’s hear some of the arguments.
The Center for Food Safety and allied organizations submitted comments to the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) August 1 and two weeks earlier regarding the agency's proposed Aquaculture Opportunity Areas in the Gulf of Mexico and the Southern California Bight. These Aquaculture Opportunity Areas (AOA) identify places that NMFS deems suitable for industrial fish farms in federal ocean waters.
The Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy’s Food Compass, unveiled in late 2021, is another Great Reset tool designed to discourage the consumption of animal foods by falsely rating them as unhealthy, and encouraging consumption of ultra-processed foods by giving them high nutritional ratings.
The media cannot be trusted when it comes to dietary supplements; nor can the government. They are too captured by conventional thinking, as supported by the American Medical Association and Big Pharma. This thinking is simple: only drugs can treat disease, so anything not a drug claiming to do so is snake oil.
I believed for a long time that industrial agriculture a necessary evil, an unfortunate requirement given how many people now live on the planet. Once I learned about the importance of small-scale farming for biodiversity and cultural preservation, I still wondered whether these smaller farms would be able to “feed the world.”
The industrialized food system is one of the biggest stressors on planetary health, contributing almost a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions and causing immense biodiversity loss. Furthermore, structural inequities across the food system compound the impacts on vulnerable communities. Consensus is growing: this model is no longer fit for purpose; it is failing people and the planet.
According to the official government statistics, excess deaths for the week ending July 22 were up 18.1% above historical data. It is claimed that 40% “involve” COVID. 60% of the excess deaths (935 deaths that week) did not involve COVID. We are not told what their causes of death were.
The monthly newsletter for Via Organica for the month of August 2022.
Biden's recent trip to Saudi Arabia by way of Israel highlights "progressive" delusions about the true nature of the collisions between the three governments. The bulk of the discussion over his visit framed it as an attempt to get some relief for US consumers paying $100 to fill up their gas tanks.
