agriculture

United Nations: ACUTE Hunger Set To Rise! Give Me MONEY –

Posted on by Helena

The United Nations has issued a dire warning!   ACUTE Hunger Set To Rise In More Than 20 Countries!!   While the warning is mostly for countries in Africa, they include Yemen, Syria, Afghanistan and Haiti, citing ‘climate shocks, wars, and CoVid as the instigators.

At the end of their plea, the UN states, ‘all we need is $5.5 billion – this year…’

Deutsche Welle picked up the article and ran with it.

Just Give Us Money, More Money and More!

According to their latest financial statements, as of 2018, the UN has accumulated Assets of over $8.3 billion – granted they have liabilities, in fact they have a whopper – $5billion for “Employee Benefits” as listed on page 227 of their 331 page audited Financials.   Salaries accounted for 43% of Expenses.   Grants accounted for 29% of Expenses. According to Note 61, Short Term benefits tallying a liability of $2.2 million include: ‘paid sick leave, maternity/paternity leave and other short-term benefits (death grant, education grant, reimbursement of taxes and home leave travel) provided to current employees.

And then there is the Allowance For Doubtful Assessed Contributions Receivable – money that countries pledge and never pay – equal to nearly 50%.

They are a veritable JOKE.

Yemen and Syria are blighted by ridiculously endless wars re-ignited most recently by Biden’s WH, after being previously destroyed under Obama’s reign.   Since Biden shut down the US oil and gas pipeline, the WH decided to go back to Syria and confiscate their Oil – taking 300 tankers from Hasaka to Iraq in one day… depriving the Syrian people of a source of revenue to fight Acute Hunger! A Tangled WEB.

Essentially the United Nations is asking for more money of which only 29% will be allocated back to countries that the UN/NATO bombed and criminally stole from – depriving them of money – while spending the rest on salaries, benefits and Overhead.

Haiti is experiencing a 20% inflation rate predominantly due to extended gang violence and theft. Haiti has recorded a total of 251 deaths by CoVid over a year’s span.   Their economy is fragile as it is ruled by natural disasters, political instability and gangs.   CoVid be damned.   Yemen recorded a total number of CoVid cases of 3278, and Nigeria reported 2000 deaths related to CoVid out of a population of 201 million – .000995%.

What is the reality? What causes famine in these countries?

Nigeria experiences droughts – much like California.   A large issue for both is the failure to create reservoirs that will capture water during rainy periods. Instead, the water is literally poured down the drain.   While balancing a corrupt government, and Boko Haram, Nigeria also is plagued by agriculture incompetence:

   “…deforestation, bush burning, overgrazing and poor cropping methods, which reduce water retention of the soil, and improper soil conservation techniques, which lead to soil degradation. Between 1950 and 2006, the Nigerian livestock population grew from 6 million to 66 million, an 11-fold increase. The forage needs of livestock exceeded the carrying capacity of its grasslands….” Federal Republic of Nigeria; Drought Plan 2018

Therefore, the means of reducing food insecurity is 1.   Stop the wars and bombing.   2.   Teach proper agriculture techniques, 3.   Preserve water through the creation of reservoirs,   4.   Arrest ALL gang members permanently, 5. And Most Importantly, tell the UN we will no longer pay their salaries and expenses because they have accomplished nothing of value while sitting on their $8billion in assets.

In essence, all taxpayers are the shareholders of the UN and should have a voice in how they dole out our precious cashola!   Taxpayers – NOT politicians.

Exactly how would the UN determine it needs $5.5 billion ‘per year’ in addition to their membership and voluntary contributions?

The UN whines for money nearly every year.   One of their more disreputable agencies is delightfully called Peacekeeping.  Of course, that would not apply to Sudan, Nigeria, Haiti, Kuwait, Yemen, Syria, North Korea, Somalia, Libya, Mali and Myanmar, which have been engaged in conflicts sometimes for decades.

War does not make for a productive society – which is likely why the Deep State has been busily inciting violence across the US and EU.   So we too can become just as economically and socially wealthy as Africa.

UN wanted more money to fight Ebola, to fight the legal cases for sexual assaults perpetrated by their “Peacekeepers”.   UN failed to approve call to end Tigray Violence.   UN Silent on Rohingya refugee genocide in China, UN wants more money for climate change.   UN calls for all religions to be under the authority of the UN… and the creation of a tithing fund…

United Nations – What We Do:   Maintain International Peace and Security.   Really?   Well you failed.   And not just a wee bit.

Since 1945, the UN has delivered a world of chaos into abject chaos while scarfing down tremendous salary and benefit packages for its burgeoning 44,000 employees.

And Finally, the United Nations prepared a “Roundup of the Security Council’s Activities” for the year 2020 in whole  And this is what they brag earned their salaries:   1. They held 238 virtual meetings,   2.   Adopted 57 resolutions geared toward their CoVid virtual response within their offices, and 3.   Issued 13 presidential statements.   And THAT Cost us over $6 billion.

Are You Angry Yet?

Global Warming – or – Ice Age: Follow The Money

Posted on by Helena

I’ve written about global warming, climate change, chicken little, and ‘deceit’.   I’ve written about the land grabs in Africa, land grabs in South America, and the disparity of our global water supply.   With damaged soil and a lack of water, how can China grow anything?   What if we put all of these separate topics into one pool – what is it telling us?

Starting with deceit, what if global warming isn’t just a hoax but a distraction from a potentially long term cooling effect?   Such a cooling effect could have devastating consequences on water sources and food supplies shifting useable land resources – south.

The last mini ice-age lasted from about 1300 through the 1600’s and forever altered economic and social norms.   Agriculture shifted.   Populations shifted. Scientists believe the temperature dropped a full 2’ during this period.   The same 2’ that scientists now claim earth needs to drop – again.   Demographics forever changed as people moved to warmer crop climates.   But not before mass famine took its toll on the peasants.   During this time of monarchs and warlords, the elite were defined by the foods available to them.   Fresh meat and fish were a staple.   It forebodes the agenda of Bill Gates declaring that food shortages will require modification of the peasant diet.

Ice ages, cooling trends, etc… are not a global equalizer.   The Northern Hemisphere was hit the hardest including; most of Russia, China, Europe, and North America, and the farthest parts of South America.   Africa was hit in mountainous regions predominantly, and the remainder of South America thrived.

Historically, the movement of people around the globe can be directly associated with ever changing weather.   It is believed that northern Africa was lush and green just 5,000 years ago.   It is also believed that changes in sunspots and radiation levels are the source of historical climate shifts.   Co2 is considered a less demonstrable if only minor event but scientists tend to be like sheep following instead of leading.

If in fact earth was entering either a cooling phase or a mini ice-age, shifting resources to South America and Africa would be logical for survival.

Adecoagro is a Luxembourg holding company that purchases agriculture land predominantly in Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina.   The largest shareholders include:   Qatar Investments, Route One Investment Company, EMS Capital and Soros Fund Management.

Foreign investment in Africa’s land spiked in the last 2 decades with China taking a shotgun seat.   China’s food consumption and environmental practices have left the country nearly barren. Water was severely depleted which necessitated a deal with Russia for access to the world’s single largest fresh water supply at 23%, Lake Baikal.

If we look at foreign investment as a predictor of global climate, buying land in South Africa and South America is nonsensical – given they will burn up and their land will be useless under the global warming mantra.   While these lands have some protection in the event of a cooling trend, in the event of a warming trend, farmland would become barren, scorched moon craters.

Adding to the fray of inconsistency and/or deceit, the Paris Accord’s Green Fund spends ALL it’s cherished dollars on projects in – Africa and South America. The bulk of the funding is for ‘infrastructure projects’ – the same infrastructure that the new owners of the land need in order to create robust farms and agriculture entities.

When researching data graphs that purport to show the variations in weather over thousands or millions of years, scientists are literally ‘all over the graph’.   There is no consensus other than the fact that earth has been a cataclysmic climate event – forever.   Many attribute previous changes to sunspot activity and radiation activity from the sun.   But actual climate recording dates only to the late 1800’s and accuracy is questionable.   The data is algorithmic – fancy estimations.

Prior to the mini ice-age which began around 1300, scientists logged a global warming trend from about 300 to 800AD. Since the end of the mini ice-age in 1600, the warming trend has been continually upward – meaning a downward trend may be the next phase.

Since the Roman Empire, the Greenland ice temperature is 2’ colder.   And in the last 10,000 years we are significantly colder.   Richard K. Moore provides various graphs and models of the temperature grids during this time frame.   He asserts that the Co2 theory is simply that – a theory without any actual scientific proof.   He claims that the sun, and the astronomy of the planets in our universe provide more conclusive extractive data. In his opinion, the ‘science’ behind global warming is on par with flat earth science.   Evaluating data that can only be verified over a period of a 150 years to make a determination for our future thousands of years in advance has about as much actual factual delineation as the weatherman telling you the sun is shining while outside your window it is raining.   If science can’t get real-time data how the heck can you possibly believe their future predictions?   Because that is how they reference the data – a prediction.  

When science is reduced to predictions and feelings and crystal balls – it becomes relatively worthless. Utilizing restrictive time constraints in analysis of climate data only fuses the faulted conclusion.

According to Climatologist Cliff Harris;   “when solar radiation decreases, and volcanic activity increases, a major drop in temperature can be expected”.   In his analysis, that drop would happen relatively quickly.   According to his research, in 1000 BC a mass exodus of Hebrews from Egypt was caused by a warming event that spiked around 1100 BC – at which point the temperature was nearly double what it was in 2000 AD –  before falling into an ice-age.

China has been systematically securing not just intellectual property, and mobilizing monopoly policies on pharma and retail, but food and water supplies have been of paramount importance for its population.   South Africa and South America have been their focus.

When looking at the ‘actions’ of those who govern the world’s money supply, global output, investment, and net worth, they have basically pledged everything on two continents that would burn to the ground in a global warming trend….   That is the deceit.  

DROUGHT – Wake Up! This is NOT New News

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Note:  I wrote this commentary over a year ago and find nothing much has changed –  but it might explain the land grabs … just a thought

DROUGHTS HISTORY

California is experiencing a horrific drought. Over 80% of the area is considered at risk. Climatologists – and of course the media – are espousing this as the worst in history. But actually, that ain’t so:

California has a history of droughts dating back to 850 A.D. (the earliest recording) in which two droughts lasted 180 and 240 years respectively! Given there were no fossil fuels or ozone depletion or carbon releasing industries polluting the atmosphere during these historical times, it is safe to say these droughts were persistent without blaming ‘climate change’. And in the last 1000 years, 10-20 year droughts have been documented as rather ‘typical’ of the state/area.

While these droughts can have drastic consequences, they are not uncommon. The real problem is the fact that this commonality has simply not been properly mediated. The government, climatologists, scientists, etc…know its going to happen. It happens all the time. And every single time, they act as though this is the worst, it is the end, it is unusual, it is ‘global warming’, caught off guard. But what has California done to prepare?

Nothing.

And that’s the true problem. Have they built more storage? No. More underground reservoirs? No. Have they built desalinization plants? No. Do they still allocate water to farms that grow nothing? Yes. Do they require lawns to be drought tolerant or rock gardens? No. (Note:  They just implemented this change).  Half of ‘individual’ water use is for lawns. But 80% of the water is used for agriculture. For rice paddies in desert land. For growing water absorbing Alfalfa which is mostly exported to China. Almond trees consume 10% of ALL water use – that’s NUTS! And yet they are preserving these cash crops – for hopes of greater $$$ – to the decimation of lower crop values like vegetables. Add to the fray that 60% of almonds are an export crop, its just not practical. Its not about what is best or right – it is about what is going to make me the most money in the quickest time and allow me to high-tail it outa here jack mentality!

So what are farmers doing to make it better? They’re digging deeper and deeper wells, more and more wells, sapping up every last dribble of water that they can without concern for the longer term consequences. And no one is stopping them. In some over-pumped areas, the ground has actually sunk a few dozen feet.

What is Governor Jerry Brown saying? Why after three years of consecutive drought, he is asking that the 20% users, citizens, voluntarily reduce their consumption by 20%. Honk! JIBE! Ugh. Have they? NO! Surprise. And the farmers are now selling water that is allocated to them for huge profits. Because they can make more money selling the water than irrigating crops.

What would be the economic effects of a prolonged California drought?

  1. Some experts feel the economy would not be impacted much because only 3% of California’s economy is derived from farming. However, that stat does not take into account – people. Nor does it understand the domino effect that drives an economy. No more farms, fewer jobs, more expensive food, restaurants close, small markets close, no more wine, less tourism, and all the support industries begin the domino effect.

  2. People begin mass exodus. Housing falls. Tax revenue falls.

  3. The state splits into factions of the only remaining uber rich – Silicon Valley and Hollywood.

The ripples can then be felt across the country as 50% or more of the nations fruits and vegetables come from California. Mexico, by far, is the greatest source of imported fruits and vegetables. But Mexico’s underground water is on an annual depletion rate. Mostly due to the same perils as the US, Alfalfa.

So the US is not the only country with drought issues and risk. The northern portion of South America, middle Europe, Pakistan, central Australia, western to central Africa, and most of Asia into Japan are all experiencing dramatic droughts.

Where is the rain? Northern Europe, southern South America, eastern US, Afghanistan, Iran, Siberia, Mongolia, southern China, south and western Africa and Colorado (go figure).

Where there is drought – somewhere else there is flooding. The problem is – we have historical reference of these occurrences, and instead of taking action, being pro-active, DOING something, we sit back and blame. Oh, it’s global warming – told ya! But our world weather has shifted continually since the beginning of time. So I guess that would mean global warming has been happening since the beginning of time. Nah. Climates shift. Period. El Nino. El Nano. El fresco… whatever, they move and ebb and flow and move. It is a constant.

But sitting back and blaming global warming does little to nothing about adapting to the continuum of shift. If every single year a tornado ripped your house to shreds, would you just keep rebuilding, or at some point would you say, “hey, maybe this isn’t the best place to build a house…”. Would you year after year build that house from wood sticks or would you build it out of rock?

I know most guys have this abject fear of change. It’s why you wear the same hairdo at 65 that you had when you were 25. “Hey, you liked it then…” But sometimes ‘change’ equates to survival.

“California agriculture is nearly a $36.6 billion dollar industry that generates $100 billion in related economic activity.”

California’s dairy industry generated $47 billion “in economic activity” in 2004 and employed over 400,000 people.”

The largest source of freshwater for central and southern California comes from Colorado. The second largest source is the Sacramento Delta which is polluted with salt water and unusable for most crops. It typically supports grapes and asparagus. A Bill on the floor now proposes to redirect 90% of the delta water to central and southern California at a cost of $25 billion, thereby decimating the grape and asparagus crops… The tension is high! Is it a solution or a bandage? Does the bandage cause more harm than good? Who pays?

But there is another issue; in the US, 25% of fresh fruits and 10% of fresh vegetables are exported out of the country. What if we – didn’t? If we really have a shortage, doesn’t it make sense that the first line of defense is to just stop exporting them? And farmers would save the cost of transportation to Transalvania… And do we really need to be growing rice? It is native to Asia and parts of Africa, if its native, let them do all the watering and growing. Initially, rice paddies were a crop of Georgia, Louisiana, the Carolinas – where it rains – ALL the time. Growing rice in California is like having a banana orchard in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado… Hello? Its like a 90 year old German woman wearing a bikini.

But then you’d have the Feds subsidizing the banana orchard and buying the bikinis. So its free…?

Where’s the Beef? Hopefully, in a climate where it rains a lot because raising cattle is notorious for using the most water – over 2500 gallons per pound. Ugh! Part of that water use is in the diet we demand these cows consume – corn and soy (Monsanto’s favorites) which are two of the highest water consumable plants. Comparable; veggies and fruits consume 1/10th of that per pound of output. Relocate those cows to Arkansas and Missouri, and Tennessee. Let them stand in the rain and eat grass for criminey sake. With an Anaerobic Digestor the methane from manure can provide all the farms energy need and has a huge positive impact on the environment – water, air and soil.

As a people why are we so obsessed in making square pegs fit into round holes?

UKRAINE – A Country For Sale – going, going – gone!

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It has taken time, but finally, Mr. Soros has acknowledged a ‘financial’ interest in Ukraine. In fact, he has stipulated that infrastructure and agriculture are his prime targets of interest. And in a bid that looks strikingly similar to a threat, he has said he will invest $1 billion on the condition that the West and Europe ante up as well. He goes on to preach and banter, to reprimand, and to scold as though speaking to little bratty children, which is quite possibly exactly what he thinks of most people in this world.

So, the focus is not on oil or gold, but on the two resources that will out-pace those commodities for a millennium to come – water and food. It is estimated that by 2020 the world will see colossal food shortages. It can be assumed that Mr. Soros interest in Infrastructure is simply the means for transporting his newfound agri-goods to market. As for the citizens, for the country, they are of no consequence because the game is only about money. It is the same message I spoke about in Africa and Asia – land grabbing for agriculture. Food is the crisis. Many countries have destroyed their available land with poor farming methods, pesticides, and incompetent crop rotations so they need more. They need pristine land and they need water.

As it has panned, this was the goal from the beginning of the coup. Maybe the powers that be did not anticipate the revolts that would follow. Maybe the powers naively thought that the people would follow like cows or sheep to slaughter. The land grab of Ukraine has proven more difficult than expected, but still, they did prevail. The deaths were by-products of what was more important – the greater good for the wealthy. It is the new burgeoning entitlement, only it isn’t about the poor, it’s about the elite.

Ukraine has black soil, some of the most fertile in the world. But where is the water supply and who has access to it?

Ukraine has three major sources of water; the Dnepr Basin, Dnestr Basin, the coastal basin, the Donietsk Basin and the Danube. The Dnepr is by far the largest providing 65% of the fresh water and originates in Russia.

The land of Ukraine that is usable for agriculture is considered the second largest in all of Europe covering 41.5 million hectares. And since the coup, more and more private investors have been grabbing the land. The previous government was not hospitable toward foreign ownership of its land, despite many who tried. Land ownership was confined to the citizens of Ukraine. However, Poroschenko does not share that hesitancy and is more than willing to hand over any and all farmland to whomever he is told to sell to.

So far the largest contracts have originated with Luxembourg, Cyprus (which provides the ability to hide true ownership data), China, Qatar, Landkom International, Morgan Stanley, and France. In addition, Monsanto is now given free rein (the previous government had outlawed GMO’s). DuPont and Syngenta are busily building necessary plants and the country has for all intents and purposes been sold out.

The French firm, Agrogeneration, is one of the largest holders, as is a German trader Toepfer. Toepfer has a past that is quite questionable to say the least! In December 2013, a criminal lawsuit was filed against them, stating as follows:

“Archer Daniels Midland Company (“ADM”), a large agricultural processing company based in Illinois, is incorporated in Delaware and during the relevant period its stock was traded under the New York Stock Exchange. ADM also held a 80% interest in Alfred C. Toepfer, International GmbH (“ADM Hamburg”), a German limited liability company that is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, and an indirect 80% ownership interest in Alfred C. Toepfer International (Ukraine) Limited (“ADM Ukraine). ADM Ukraine was an affiliate of ADM Hamburg.”

A plea deal was struck and a fine levied payable to the Ukraine with a depository bank in the US. Some of the more prominent figures affiliated with ADM have included; Warren Buffet’s son, Michael Andreas, Robert Strauss, and Brian Mulroney, former PM of Canada. Other connections include; Lady Margaret Thatcher, Henry Kissinger, Evelyn de Rothschild, and former Fed Chief, Paul Volcker.

There is a Clinton relationship in the country as well. Between 2009 and 2013, the Clinton Foundation received nearly $9 million in donations from the Pinchuk Foundation and a pledge for a total of $29 million over five years. Victor Pinchuk is married to a former Ukrainian president’s daughter, served two terms in parliament, and is said to be a great collaborator with George Soros.

And the circle is complete.

So, we now have Monsanto, Burisma Holdings (the Hunter Biden, Archer, Kerry, Heinz connection), ADM, Soros, Clinton, Rothschild, France, Qatar, and a host of ‘greasers’.

The game? Quite simply, it is a game of rule, of power, of control. It is the game to own the government, to own the resources, to control who will have food, and who will not, who will have water, and who will not.

So, who is shepherding the sheep?

What will be on your table in 2020?

FYI – Largest “agriculture” land holders in US: Mormon Church, TIAA CREF, and Hancock Agriculture – largest landowner = John Malone

The Raping of Africa

Posted on by Helena

While our media persist in retelling the horrific stories of Boko Haram and Al Qaeda in Africa, a truly insidious story has been lurking in the shadows. Over the last 15 years, the systematic binge buying of Africa’s most fertile land and water is raping the continent. Large swathes of Ethiopia, Tanzania, Mozambique, Ghana, Madagascar, and Sudan have been bought or leased from those country’s governments.

Who are these buyers?

The most active buyers have been the US, UK, China, Germany, and The Netherlands. But they aren’t alone, the Middle East and Canada are in on the bounty as well. One report states that there were over 1000 separate purchases between 2000 and 2010 and the frenzy is only growing.

Why?

Because Africa still has some very fertile agricultural land with underground aquifers, and regional bountiful rainfalls that can be tapped. Most of the buyers engage in farming, quickly grazing the land in preparation for laying their fields. Others exploit the land for mining. Still others grow palm oil used to make biofuel. And while the grabs may appear friendly on the face, the truth is not so pretty. The land is typically bought for next to nothing, pennies per acre, the villagers that have lived on the land are uprooted and told they must vacate immediately taking what meager possessions they have, their homes are bulldozed, and their own farming livelihood evaporates completely. They are given nothing.

To date, it is estimated that the land grabs have divested Africa of 5% of its total land, or 70 million hectares which translates to over 173 million acres. There have been a spattering of incidences in which local farmers were beaten or killed for trying to resist giving up the land. Human Rights Watch has reported on incidences in which up to tens of thousands of locals were forcibly relocated as a result of a ‘land grab’. In Africa, most of the land is owned by the government which adds to the lacking oversight, corruption, and feeble resistance to make the agreements fair.

Unlike the photogenic pictures of smiling African farmers, the truth is more akin to the colonization of large swathes of land for high tech agricultural companies who need slave labor. Their pockets lined, the crops are exported to other countries around the world.

Refugee camps are swelling with displaced people, some fleeing skirmishes and war, others fleeing drought, and still others displaced by land grabs. Most refugee camps are on arid dry land, unusable for anything. Water is scarce and opportunity is dead.

Many of the land grabs are legal, the land technically owned by the government despite the fact that the farmers have been working the land and living on the land for twenty or thirty years. It then becomes an ethical question. Given that many of the Foundations that claim extensive ‘charitable’ work in Africa, the truth is much more cloudy. Are Africans benefiting? Are they really taught sustainable ways to care for themselves? Or are they becoming slave labor, cotton pickers, and tools for the wealthy to become – more wealthy?

Agriculture land and water are the new gold. As countries across the world grapple with future food shortages, they look to Africa and Asia’s carcass to support their economy and growing populations. The Netherlands faces climate change and rising ocean levels. But they also see opportunity that equates to $$$. The grabs have little to nothing to do with helping the impoverished and hungry in Africa and Asia, and everything to do with self preservation. In addition because there are no restrictions in place, these buyers can virtually do whatever they want. Including the use of heavy pesticides.

For example:

A Norwegian investor bought a 99-year lease for 179,000 hectares in South Sudan at an annual cost of just $0.07 a hectare ( one hectare = about 2.47 acres).

In 2013 the Clinton Foundation signed an agreement with the Tanzanian government whereby they promised to provide new ‘seeds’ to the farmers that will increase the use of fertilizers and pesticides and decrease the need for “God’s” rain.

The New Alliance For Food Security and Nutrition, an organization funded by the EU and the US states on its website that it brings together investors who want to buy or lease African land with their respective government. Of course, the website portrays a picture of progress and happy faces, but in reality it is a simply a conduit for making deals and making money.

According to the International Institute for Environment and Development: land disputes can become violent. The crops are exported with little benefit to Africa’s poor. Displaced refugees add to Africa’s plight. Without proper regulations in place, the large Agra companies have little incentive to consider the future of these people, water supplies, or food for the hungry.

It is a sad commentary of greed and fear, of little to no compassion, and of selfish desires.