On Jan. 23, the Schiller Institute issued a three-minute video, “Why Are Farmers NOT Allowed to Produce Food?” Among the responses from around the world, a German farmer supplied his calculations that if the EU Green Deal “Farm-to-Fork” dictates are enforced, food for 400 million people will not be produced. Video:
On Jan. 24, the German farmer wrote on Facebook (translated by EIR):
The EU Biodiversity Strategy, or Green Deal, which is to be implemented to protect nature, habitats and animals (especially insects), brings serious consequences for world food. Please read the following. The calculations are based on realistic values which were partly rounded.
Just by the single regulation that in Europe 25% of agriculture must be “organic,” 145 million fewer people can be fed. (Conventional agriculture needs about 2000 m², organic agriculture 6000 m² to feed one person).
10% set-aside (of agricultural land) Europewide, takes 17.4 million hectares of land out of production, which means feeding another 87 million fewer people!
