Why Are Governments Turning on Farmers and Vice Versa?

Farmers harvest wheat in the southern Russian Rostov region, some 1.5 km off the border with the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DNR) in eastern Ukraine, on July 7. (Stringer/Getty Images)

By    |   Thursday, 14 July 2022 06:21 AM EDT ET

Each year, 9 million people, the population of New York City, die from hunger and hunger-related diseases and the United Nations warns that hunger-related deaths are increasing at an alarming rate – so why are farmers, the very people responsible for feeding the world, being prevented from doing their job?

While words such as "crisis" and "disaster" are thrown around rather recklessly, when it comes to food security, or a lack thereof, strong language is most definitely warranted.

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Each year, 9 million people die from hunger and hunger-related diseases and the United Nations warns that hunger-related deaths are increasing at an alarming rate – so why are farmers being prevented from doing their job?
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