All posts tagged: Agriculture

EU approves the forcible closure of 3,000 farms in Holland

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The plan by left-wing governments around the world to destroy food production took another step forward when the European Union approved the forcible closure of 3,000 farms in Holland. Along with this was a ban stopping the creation of new farms, The Blaze reports. The Dutch government’s plans to forcibly close farms in their country, if necessary, was given the green light by the European Commission in Brussels as part of its plan to reduce carbon emissions. The Blaze provides more details: If farmers agree to the initial “voluntary” buyout, they will be offered up to 120% of the value of their business. As a condition of the buyout, the farmers must agree not to open another farm elsewhere in the Netherlands or within the EU. Dairy, pig, and poultry farmers will be offered 100% of the value of their farm to shut down operations. The Dutch government plans to offer one-time voluntary buyouts to the farms emitting the most nitrogen with the goal of purchasing and shutting down 2,000 to 3,000 farms. However, if …

Taxing cow burps in New Zealand, the left’s attack on agriculture continues

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In a bizarre move, the government of New Zealand’s socialist Prime Minster Jacinda Ardern has announced it is now going to tax cow burps as part of Ardern’s grandiose plan to tackle climate change. The government is bragging that it would be the first country in the world to implement such a tax. Farm groups are warning that such a move would mark the end of family and dairy farms and the destruction of rural New Zealand, a major part of New Zealand’s economy. Global News reports: The government has pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and make the country carbon neutral by 2050. Part of that plan includes a pledge that it will reduce methane emissions from farm animals by 10% by 2030 and by up to 47% by 2050. Under the government’s proposed plan, farmers would start to pay for emissions in 2025, with the pricing yet to be finalized. READ: Taxing cow burps? New Zealand’s novel climate change plan has farmers crying foul With a looming food crisis, we are seeing the …

Ireland: Another country’s left-wing politicians target agriculture

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By the way left-wing politicians are acting, you would never know that the world is in a food crisis. But Ireland has now joined Holland, Sri Lanka and Canada in targeting agriculture. Yes, Ireland’s political elite is also planning to save the world by starving it. The Daily Caller provides more details: Ireland’s Coalition leaders debated Tuesday the extent of new greenhouse gas emissions cuts for the agricultural sector ahead of a cabinet-wide meeting Wednesday, with the Green Party pushing for a 30% decrease, according to the Irish Times. Others argued that the potential goals unfairly targeted agriculture as “the only sector of the economy that has to make sacrifices,” Minister of State Patrick O’Donovan, who represents a rural area, said.[…] Ireland’s possible emissions rule follows the Canadian government’s move Friday to require a 30% nitrogen emissions cut for the agricultural sector by 2030, which experts told the DCNF would slash production and contribute to the food crisis. And in June, the Netherlands mandated a 50% emissions goal despite acknowledging it could put livestock farmers …

Canada: More on Trudeau’s assault on agriculture

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For those unaware, the Farm Credit Corporation (FCC), is a federal bank that provides financial assistance in the form of loans and loan guarantees to Canadian farmers. Its boss is ultimately Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Some are concerned about the release of information from the FCC’s office in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. According to Blacklock’s Reporter, FCC’s Regina office was wanting employees to keep track of any farmers who may have been involved in the trucker convoy in Ottawa, that took place earlier this year. Truckers from across Canada, gathered in the country’s capital city, calling for Trudeau to end his COVID mandates. Blacklock’s Reporter explains: “Internal documents confirm a federal bank, Farm Credit Canada of Regina, told employees to secretly record the names of customers who supported the Freedom Convoy. The Access To Information records contradict the agency’s public denial it began blacklisting clients “in support of activity related to the Freedom Convoy.” Staff emails showed managers were still compiling names of customers even after cabinet lifted the Emergencies Act: “If you become aware of …

The left’s attack on agriculture takes a sinister turn in Holland

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In the midst of the world’s food crisis, the left-wing Dutch government has imposed new environmental restrictions on agriculture that will result in many farms having to close down. The Dutch government even admits this is going to happen, but is there something more sinister going on? According to a spokesperson for the Dutch Minister of Agriculture, the government is preparing “to buy out farmers in order to meet its climate goal”, Irish Farm News reports. READ: Dutch government moves to ‘buy out’ farmers The Atlantic writes: One in three Dutch livestock farmers could lose their business. The Dutch News adds: Farms will have to close down to meet nitrogen targets, ministers say Ag Daily note: New Dutch emission rules hamstring farmers & threaten food security The Federalist: Dutch Government Launches Canadian-Style Crackdown On Farmer Protests And in America I am sure this is not related. The New York Post writes: Gates, the billionaire tech mogul and philanthropist whose net worth was pegged by Bloomberg at $113 billion, has quietly amassed nearly 270,000 acres of …

The left’s unrelenting attack on agriculture continues

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We are seeing food shortages, empty shelves, skyrocketing food prices, and warnings of famine, and despite this, the left continues its unrelenting attack on agriculture. Now Dutch politicians want to reduce how many animals, their farmers can raise: The strange thing is that is happening around the world. It almost seems orchestrated?? RELATED: New Zealand Introduces a Climate Change Meat Tax AND: Feds target cereals as major emitter

Going the ‘extra mile’ of forgiveness in Zimbabwe

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In Matthew 5:41, Jesus was referring to an interesting privilege available to Roman soldiers when he told his disciples, ‘If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles.’ It’s where we get the idiom used today, about ‘going the extra mile.’ It is based on a Roman law, that allowed a Roman soldier to compel any idle, able-bodied man or a man walking in the same direction, provided he was not a Roman citizen, to carry the soldier’s armour for one thousand paces or approximately a mile. Jesus taught if a soldier required this of you, instead of resenting and fighting it, a person should forgive and offer to carry the soldier’s armour two miles. In the verse prior to this, Jesus also taught if a man steals your shirt, then give your cloak as well. And CBN reports that this is the attitude that Craig Deall and his family took in 2003, when the Zimbabwe government seized their farm, without compensation. It was part of the government’s land reform policy …