International Fund Needed For Support Of World’s Farmers
By: Doug Busselman, Executive Vice President
A coalition of 124 organizations calling themselves “Farming First” have called on world leaders to open up their checkbooks and create a dedicated fund to assist farmers around the world (although we would suspect that U.S. farmers might not be included in the eligible group) adapt to climate change. It would seem that for some there is no limit to the way in which climate change can be tapped as a justification for more government funds to be poured down another rat hole.
This group of leeches would like those dispensing the funds to believe that they have complied a comprehensive framework to offer “innovative solutions to reduce emissions from agriculture and adapt to climate change while increasing agricultural productivity to meet growing food needs.” Therefore let’s set up the international fund and get governments (most likely the United States) who wish to extend their control over more of their citizen’s lives -- using the myth of climate change as the excuse -- to dump money in to this noblest of causes. Maybe we can even get University professors to participate with “research” on how to best address the ramifications of changing climate conditions. There are no shortages of those who won’t belly up to that funding trough with their hands out.
Actually, the “research” card has already been played by Thomas Rosswall, Chairman of the Steering Committee for the CGIAR (the news release didn’t offer the actual organization’s name to go with those initials) Challenge Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security.
“To meet the twin challenges of climate change and food security,” Rosswall said, “we need two things. First, we need more research and innovation to create new solutions. Secondly, we need to make better use of the proven technologies and practices which have not yet reached the hands of farmers.” (Of course the "two things" Rosswall is really talking about is just one thing -- $$$)
From our perspective, examining the game plan that our U.S. Congress is contemplating on climate change, agricultural producers need help in keeping their elected leaders from selling them out and taxing away whatever profitability there might be in food production. Not passing the climate change legislation in the U.S. Senate and scraping the whole misconceived idea would go a very long way in mitigating the problems that are being planned to be inflicted.
It won’t do much for fund-raising, or financial support for University professors who appear to need to have some crisis in order to keep themselves employed – but, as far as feeding a hungry world, getting out of the pockets of those who are trying to make a living farming and ranching would go a long way as far as “assistance” is concerned.
A coalition of 124 organizations calling themselves “Farming First” have called on world leaders to open up their checkbooks and create a dedicated fund to assist farmers around the world (although we would suspect that U.S. farmers might not be included in the eligible group) adapt to climate change. It would seem that for some there is no limit to the way in which climate change can be tapped as a justification for more government funds to be poured down another rat hole.
This group of leeches would like those dispensing the funds to believe that they have complied a comprehensive framework to offer “innovative solutions to reduce emissions from agriculture and adapt to climate change while increasing agricultural productivity to meet growing food needs.” Therefore let’s set up the international fund and get governments (most likely the United States) who wish to extend their control over more of their citizen’s lives -- using the myth of climate change as the excuse -- to dump money in to this noblest of causes. Maybe we can even get University professors to participate with “research” on how to best address the ramifications of changing climate conditions. There are no shortages of those who won’t belly up to that funding trough with their hands out.
Actually, the “research” card has already been played by Thomas Rosswall, Chairman of the Steering Committee for the CGIAR (the news release didn’t offer the actual organization’s name to go with those initials) Challenge Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security.
“To meet the twin challenges of climate change and food security,” Rosswall said, “we need two things. First, we need more research and innovation to create new solutions. Secondly, we need to make better use of the proven technologies and practices which have not yet reached the hands of farmers.” (Of course the "two things" Rosswall is really talking about is just one thing -- $$$)
From our perspective, examining the game plan that our U.S. Congress is contemplating on climate change, agricultural producers need help in keeping their elected leaders from selling them out and taxing away whatever profitability there might be in food production. Not passing the climate change legislation in the U.S. Senate and scraping the whole misconceived idea would go a very long way in mitigating the problems that are being planned to be inflicted.
It won’t do much for fund-raising, or financial support for University professors who appear to need to have some crisis in order to keep themselves employed – but, as far as feeding a hungry world, getting out of the pockets of those who are trying to make a living farming and ranching would go a long way as far as “assistance” is concerned.
Posted by Doug Busselman at 10/23/2009 8:14 AM 
Categories: Climate Change
Tags: Agricultural Research Copenhagen Climate Talks Global Warming
Categories: Climate Change
Tags: Agricultural Research Copenhagen Climate Talks Global Warming
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