Since RFK Jr. is running for President as an Independent, it is important that people have the complete picture. This was posted on May 13 and it’s time to repost.
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa promised in his 2019 election campaign to transition the country’s farmers to organic agriculture over a period of ten years.
In April 2019, Rajapaksa’s government made good on that promise, imposing a nationwide ban on the importation and use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides and ordering the country’s two million farmers to go organic.
The result was brutal and swift.
Suddenly, these self-sufficient people had to import rice and other crops. The bottom fell out of tea, rubber, and coconut, among other crops.
Sri Lanka’s government collapsed over fertilizer bans, lockdowns, and mismanagement.
As of May, nothing has normalized, even six months after the fertilizer ban was lifted. Some farmers will never try organic farming again, but some try combining organic with fertilizer.
That hasn’t stopped any of the hard left from pushing for fertilizer bans.
That takes us to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is running for president as a Democrat.
RFK Jr. wants to ban fertilizers and pay farmers who will end up like the farmers in Sri Lanka.
RFK said, “Excessive fertilizer in waterways is a huge problem. It is killing seagrass, causing toxic algae blooms, destroying ecosystems, and ruining beaches. Florida’s new suspension of fertilizer bans is a mistake. But we can’t just ban fertilizers without giving real support to farmers to transition to a more ecological system of agriculture. That will be a major component of my environmental policy as President.”
He is a climate extremist.
Excessive fertilizer in waterways is a huge problem. It is killing seagrass, causing toxic algae blooms, destroying ecosystems, and ruining beaches. Florida’s new suspension of fertilizer bans is a mistake. But we can’t just ban fertilizers without giving real support to farmers…
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) May 12, 2023
Sounds like he wants to find another way, rather than just continue to pour fertilizers into the sea. Have YOU got another solution? I don’t think so. You just want to run your mouth. Maybe you will vote for Warp-Speed again, after demanding him. Then you can say nothing when he comes for our guns, incrementally – as he was… Read more »
Go bad on your Medication!
Kennedy is a catastrophe in the making. Think Joe Biden lite.
Getting rid of fertilizer would help speed up the food shortage to come. I thought RFK was okay now I see he is another globalist.
Well DEF used in diesel engines is urea so they going to ban that too? Before the price skyrocketed people were using it on their lawns, flower and vegetable gardens with stunning results.
Will this cause the conservative sycophants to have second thoughts. It seems every time someone on the left comes out with something they can agree with they go all in, even to the point of a VP pick. You will hear, maybe they will moderate. It’s why I welcomed his strong aversion against being part of a Trump ticket. When… Read more »
I know someone from Sri Lanka who stubbornly will not admit what happened there, that the fertilizer ban caused the problem. He blames rich people for the problems there, but those elitist rich people are the ones who banned fertilizers. There is a direct cause and effect in Sri Lanka. RFK is a leftist, and like leftists, he does not… Read more »
Before we can ban fertilizer, we would need to expand the amount of land used for farming 4 fold. Just like if we are going to do away with the use or fossil fuels we would need to expand the grid at least 3 fold and Nuclear Power generation 10 fold.
Fertilizers are very useful and do much more good than harm.
This is depopulation.
Do you think, maybe, “depopulation” is the goal?
If they want Depopulation then start with the Oligarchs and the want to be Nobles. We need to break out the guillotines and Play French Revolution. If I remember correctly, something like 17,000 people had a meeting with the guillotine during the French Revolution. Now that’s a Political House cleaning!