{"id":2051800,"date":"2023-10-01T16:52:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T20:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-left-is-wrong-about-farmers-destroying-the-environment\/"},"modified":"2023-10-01T16:56:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T20:56:29","slug":"the-left-is-wrong-about-farmers-destroying-the-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-left-is-wrong-about-farmers-destroying-the-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmers aren&#8217;t destroying the environment, contrary to what the Left claims."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-left-is-wrong-about-farmers-destroying-the-environment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2051800&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Left Is\u200c Wrong About Farmers Destroying the \u200bEnvironment<\/h2>\n<p>Farming destroys the natural world, nay the planet itself!<\/p>\n<p>We hear and read \u2064this assertion everywhere in leftist and establishment media sources.<\/p>\n<p>Like nearly everything that originates in such places, we have good reason \u2014 many good reasons \u2014 not to believe it.<\/p>\n<p>The assertion that agriculture drives so-called \u201cclimate \u2064change\u201d has appeared\u200c in so many sources that it would take decades to catalog them.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>For instance, the World Wildlife Fund, which has described itself as \u201cthe world\u2019s leading conservation organization,\u201d posits a direct connection between farming \u200dand climate change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany farming practice \u2014 such as burning fields\u2064 and using gasoline-powered machinery \u2014 are significant contributors to the buildup of greenhouse \u2064gases in the atmosphere,\u201d according to the WWF.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, \u201cclearing land for agricultural production is a major contributor to climate change, as the carbon stored in \u200bintact forests is released when\u2062 they are\u2064 cut or burned.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Some food company\u2062 executives agree.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>According to The Guardian, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-left-is-wrong-about-farmers-destroying-the-environment\/\" title=\"Farmers aren't destroying the environment, contrary to what the Left claims.\">2022 climate-focused task force consisting<\/a> of CEOs recommended dramatic \u2063action in the agricultural sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are at a\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-border-agents-are-bracing-for-disaster-expect-170000-illegal-immigrants-in-just-one-month\/\" title=\"Report: Border Agents Are Bracing for \u201cDisaster,\u201d Expect 170,000 Illegal Immigrants in Just One Month\">critical tipping point<\/a> where something must be done,\u201d said taskforce chair and Mars CEO Grant Reid.<\/p>\n<p>Sunny George Verghese, chief executive of the Singapore-based food\u200d supplier Olam, echoed Reid\u2019s urgency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe \u2062cannot continue to produce and consume \u200bfood and feed and fiber in the way we are \u200bdoing today\u2062 unless we don\u2019t mind destroying the \u2063planet,\u201d Verghese\u2062 said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There you have it. Modern agriculture \u2064destroys the planet.<\/p>\n<p>But does it really? Does farming\u200b pose a threat\u200b by driving climate change? Does human \u200dactivity in general?<\/p>\n<p>We have many good \u2064reasons for suspecting that climate alarmists doth protest too much. They have \u200dexaggerated our true\u200c situation.<\/p>\n<h3>Six Reasons to Question the Connection Between Farming and Climate\u200b Change<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>We have a\u2063 long historical perspective.<\/li>\n<li>We need not\u2063 look far for credible voices who cast \u200bdoubt on climate change.<\/li>\n<li>We have a strong explanation for \u200cwhy climate change appeals to \u200bsome minds.<\/li>\n<li>We \u2062have better ways to think about the relationship between farming and the environment.<\/li>\n<li>We know what happens\u2063 when governments \u200bcommandeer\u2064 farmland.<\/li>\n<li>Even if climate change poses a problem, which \u200dwe are far from admitting, and even if agriculture contributes to the\u200c problem, which we have reason \u2064to doubt,\u2064 we still cannot justify draconian solutions based on apocalyptic fears, for we have \u2062plausible projections \u2063of diminished farmland usage by mid-century.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Ordinary people,\u2062 educated or\u2063 otherwise, have many good\u200d ways to \u2062evaluate sources and evidence.<\/p>\n<p>When we \u200bdo this,\u2063 we find that the purported connection\u200b between farming and\u200c apocalyptic \u200cclimate change cannot withstand scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>We further suspect that belief in climate change merely gratifies elite globalists\u2019 pride. It makes them feel good about their place in the world.<\/p>\n<p>But only something demonic would attack our food source and tell us it is for our own good.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing is more\u200c demonic than\u200d pride.<\/p>\n<p>They tell us that human activity, including agricultural activity, destroys the planet.<\/p>\n<p>We have compelling reasons both to reject their assertion and to question \u2064their motives.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_subscription_pitch\">\n<h3>A Note from Our Staff:<\/h3>\n<p><em><b>Did you know that 90 percent of advertisers will have nothing to do with \u200cThe Western Journal? The liberal elites have put us on one of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/people-see-wholesome-overseas-mcdonalds-ad-realize-what-the-companys-doing-here\/\" title=\"Overseas McDonald's ad reveals company's true intentions\">financial kill lists<\/a>.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They did it because we\u2019ve \u200btold the truth and \u200cspoken out\u200d against them \u200dfor over a decade. And since they couldn\u2019t shut us up, now,\u200b they\u2019re trying to starve us out.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We\u2019re turning\u200d to you because, frankly, we have to have your help. It might not \u2062sound like much, \u200dbut just <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/join-monthly\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">one subscription<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  \u200dto The Western Journal can make a real difference.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We don\u2019t have a huge staff, big salaries,\u200d or deep donor pockets. We\u2019re\u200d family-owned \u2062and independent. But because we&#8217;re independent from \u200cthe elites, we have to rely on readers like you.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Can we count on you for just \u200ba single <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/join-monthly\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">subscription<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">? The cost of\u200c a \u2063month-long subscription is less than a \u200bsingle cup of Starbucks coffee. And, unlike with Starbucks, you can be 100 percent certain that every penny we spend goes toward fighting for traditional \u2064American values and against liberal elites.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Please <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/join-monthly\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><b>help us<\/b><\/a><b>  continue exposing the \u200dtruth. Please <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/join-monthly\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><b>subscribe today<\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thank you for reading The Western \u2063Journal!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/left-wrong-farmers-destroying-environment\/\">The Left Is Wrong About Farmers Destroying the Environment<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The \u200bWestern\u2063 Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What\u2064 are some of the reasons given in the article to question the connection between farming\u200d and climate change<\/h2>\n<p><span> <b>The Left Is\u200c Wrong About\u200b Farmers \u2063Destroying\u2063 the \u200bEnvironment<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Farming destroys the natural world, nay the planet itself!\u2063 We\u200d hear and read \u2064this assertion everywhere \u200din leftist and establishment media sources. Like nearly everything that originates\u2062 in such places,\u2062 we have good\u2062 reason \u2014 many good reasons \u2014 not \u200cto believe it.<\/p>\n<p>The assertion that agriculture drives so-called \u201cclimate \u2064change\u201d has appeared\u200c in so many\u200d sources that it would take decades to catalog them.\u2063 For \u2063instance, the World Wildlife Fund, which has described itself as\u200b \u201cthe world\u2019s leading conservation organization,\u201d posits\u2064 a direct connection between farming \u200dand climate change. \u200d\u201cMany farming practices \u2014 such as burning fields\u2064 \u200dand using gasoline-powered machinery \u2014 \u2063are significant contributors to the\u2062 buildup of greenhouse \u2064gases \u200cin the\u200c atmosphere,\u201d according \u200cto the WWF. Likewise, \u201cclearing land for agricultural production is a major\u2064 contributor to climate change, as the carbon stored in \u200bintact forests is released when\u2062 they are\u2064 cut\u200c or burned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some food company\u2062 \u200cexecutives agree. According to The Guardian, a 2022\u2064 climate-focused task force\u200b consisting \u200cof CEOs recommended dramatic \u2063\u2063action in the agricultural sector. \u200d\u201cWe are at a\u200b critical tipping\u200b point where something must be\u200b done,\u201d said taskforce chair and Mars CEO Grant Reid. Sunny George Verghese, chief executive of the Singapore-based food\u200d supplier Olam, echoed \u200dReid\u2019s\u2062 urgency. \u201cWe \u2062cannot continue to produce and consume \u200bfood \u200cand\u200b feed and fiber \u200bin the \u200dway we \u200bare \u200bdoing today\u2062 unless we don\u2019t mind destroying the \u2063planet,\u201d Verghese\u2062 said.<\/p>\n<p>There you have it. Modern agriculture \u2064destroys the planet. But does it really? Does farming\u200b\u200c pose a threat\u200b by driving climate change? Does human \u200dactivity in general?\u2063 We have many good \u2064reasons for suspecting that climate alarmists \u2062doth protest too \u200dmuch. They have \u200dexaggerated\u2063 our \u2064true\u200c situation.<\/p>\n<p>Here are six reasons to question\u2063 the connection between farming and climate\u200b change:<\/p>\n<p>1. We have \u2063a\u2063 long historical perspective.<\/p>\n<p>2. We need not\u2063 look far for credible voices who cast \u200bdoubt on climate change.<\/p>\n<p>3. We have \u200ca \u2063strong explanation for \u200cwhy climate change appeals\u2062 to \u200bsome minds.<\/p>\n<p>4. We \u2062have better\u2064 ways to think about \u2062the relationship between \u200dfarming and the environment.<\/p>\n<p>5. We know what happens\u2063 when governments \u200bcommandeer\u2064 farmland.<\/p>\n<p>6.\u2063 Even \u2062if climate change poses a problem,\u200c which \u200dwe\u200d are far from admitting, and even if agriculture \u2064contributes to the\u200c\u200b problem, which we have reason \u2064to doubt,\u2064 we still cannot justify draconian solutions based \u2062on\u2062 apocalyptic fears, for we have \u2062plausible projections \u2063of diminished farmland usage by mid-century.<\/p>\n<p>Ordinary people,\u2062 educated or\u2063 otherwise, have many good\u200d ways to \u2062evaluate sources and evidence. When we \u200bdo\u2062 this,\u2063 we find that the purported connection\u200b between farming \u200band\u200c apocalyptic \u200cclimate change cannot \u200dwithstand scrutiny. We further suspect\u2063 that belief in climate change merely\u200c gratifies elite globalists\u2019 pride. It makes them feel good about their place in the world. But only something demonic would attack our food source and tell us it is for our own good. Nothing is more\u200c demonic\u2062 than\u200d pride.<\/p>\n<p>They\u200b tell us that human activity, including agricultural activity, destroys the \u2062planet. We have compelling\u2062 reasons both to reject their assertion and to question \u2064their motives.<\/p>\n<p><b>A Note from Our Staff:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Did you know that\u2063 90 percent of advertisers will have nothing to do with \u200c\u200cThe Western Journal? The \u2063liberal elites have put us on one of their \u2062financial kill\u2063 lists. They did it because we\u2019ve \u200btold the truth\u2063 and \u200cspoken out\u200d against them \u200dfor over\u2064 a decade. \u200bAnd since they couldn\u2019t\u2062 shut\u200c us\u200b up, now,\u200b they\u2019re trying to\u2063 starve us \u200dout.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Farming&#8217;s alleged destruction of the planet is a common claim in leftist and establishment media. However, skepticism is warranted as these sources often lack credibility. 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