American Stewards of Liberty | Conservation or Communism? Biden Administration Attempts to Seize the Means of Agriculture

Biden’s “America the Beautiful Plan.”, known as 30 x 30, opens the doors to implement the Left’s climate agenda. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 shifted the focus of the agriculture industry. The language now urges farmers to “prioritize projects and activities that mitigate or address climate change through the management of agricultural production, including by reducing or avoiding greenhouse gas emissions.” Instead of curating food production as their priority, they will buy electric equipment, decrease cattle because of “cow flatulence,” and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from their facilities. Less time spent on actual food production means less food entering family homes at greater expense which must be passed on to consumers.

A.J. Richards, a Wyoming rancher, became aware of the threats to our food supply chain during the COVID-19 pandemic. At Eagle Council, he shared his concerns by saying:

There are only 87 million heads of beef cattle left in the country. Now when I say beef cattle, I mean cattle in that supply chain – I’m talking bulls and calves and mama cows and everything- which means you’re not processing them because if you do, you have nothing left. It takes about a full cow to feed a family of four in a year… we are on the precipice of famine.

He goes on to say that our food supply chain is so complex that any hiccup could bring it completely to a halt. For example, in 2021, one of the largest meat packers was hacked by Russians and had to pay a ransom of $11 million in Bitcoin in order to use their own facilities. In an effort to streamline the farm-to-table industry without the overregulation of the federal government, Richards created a platform called From the Farm to connect consumers directly with farmers. This would create more resiliency in our food supply because it promotes fair pricing and financial stability for small farms, especially those who do not want to live under the crushing regulation of the federal government.