Ian Cumming joins Stephen LeDrew.
Plant Based
Honey, I Finished The Roundup
A Tsunami of Interest Payments
Ontario Farmer- Rising interest rates are biting; For many farmers, loans coming due at much higher rates are not a pleasant prospect Continue reading
Lieberal Elites vs. Rural Farms
h/t James MacMaster
Beyond Hope
Get this poor man a hambooger: A top executive at plant-based food company Beyond Meat was arrested after he allegedly chomped down on a man’s nose during a fight outside Razorback Stadium in Arkansas Saturday.
I’m Not Eating Bugs
Julian Mellentin, author of a new report, “Failures – and what you can learn from them”, published by New Nutrition Business, said there are about 10 common causes of failure in the business of nutrition and health and “many plant meat makers have made most of them”.
He researched the financials of a sample of 100 plant-based meat brands in Europe, the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
“Not one was showing any sign of making a profit, even after five or more years in business,” Mellentin said.
“And those with the fastest-growing sales also had the fastest-growing losses.”
They Need A Famine
It seems the last one didn’t take.
A Dutch city will become the first in the world to ban meat adverts from public spaces in an effort to reduce consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
Haarlem, which lies to the west of Amsterdam and has a population of about 160,000, will enact the prohibition from 2024 after meat was added to a list of products deemed to contribute to the climate crisis.
In 2030, You’ll Eat Nothing And Be Happy About It
Sweden's largest tomato grower is being forced to shut down because they cannot afford the electricity prices.
500 tons of tomatoes gone.
Are you regretting listening to the climate change fanatics yet?
— PeterSweden (@PeterSweden7) September 4, 2022
We Need A Famine
Maybe a diet of crickets has its place after all.
That’ll show Putin!
Most wars start out with the widespread belief that victory will be quick and easy. When things drag on with no prospect of victory, the economic damage eventually forces some sort of reckoning. It looks like the price of that reckoning is getting steeper by the minute.
As of Friday, 70% of capacity is offline across the continent, according to Fertilizers Europe, representing top regional producers.
“The current crisis begs for a swift and decisive action from EU and national policymakers for both energy and fertilizer market,” Jacob Hansen, director general of Fertilizers Europe, said in a statement.
Producers from Norway’s Yara International ASA to CF Industries to Borealis AG recently reduced or halted production because European NatGas prices hit a record high of 343 euros per megawatt hour, making it uneconomical to operate.
Organic Is The Latin Word For There’s Piss On Your Lettuce
Vegetarian Food Giant Amy’s Kitchen: “The document alleged that employees weren’t able to freely use the bathroom or access clean drinking water, among other workplace safety violations.
When They Tell You Who They Are
Good Question
Read the whole thread.
We are demanding an explanation from federal Minister @s_guilbeault on why his department is trespassing on private land without the owners’ permission to take water samples from dugouts. We have received reports of this occurring in several places throughout Saskatchewan. pic.twitter.com/CDKUtSkPhM
— Jeremy Cockrill (@jeremycockrill) August 21, 2022
I’m Not Living In A Pod And I’m Not Eating Bugs
Crickets are already popular in Asia, our betters assure us. But then again, so are mask-wearing and communism.
Right to Repair
Sick Codes has jailbroken a John Deere and this is just the beginning. Turns out our entire food system is built on outdated, unpatched Linux and Windows CE hardware with LTE modems.
War On Agriculture
“Organic” is the Latin word for “planetary depopulation”.
Nope
This Problem Could Be Your Problem
Jordan Peterson- Dutch Farmer Speaks
Dear Canadian Agriculture
As you are now well aware the Trudeau government has plans to drastically cut back the use of fertilizer in Canada. Yesterday Kate pointed out that this plan goes beyond any so called climate crisis. What they really want is your land.
As has been the case throughout history when the rich and powerful want something they figure out a way to take it. What would be the easiest way for them to do so if they decide to scratch that itch?
Well, it would likely be through the use of a government institution you are all quite familiar with, Farm Credit Canada. One thing we learned during the trucker protest is that Ottawa is more than ready willing and able to seize bank accounts even if the emergency is no greater than parking violations.
When it comes to financing Farm Credit Canada is everywhere. From input sales, to lines of credit, to outright mortgages on land and loan guarantees. What happens if at Ottawa’s request they decide to start calling those loans in? After all its a climate “emergency”.
Maybe I’m just being paranoid but given what’s happened in the recent past and things one see’s on the official website it may be prudent to start asking some hard questions and prepare accordingly.
Learning to code is always an option.