The Coming Famine: How to Engineer a Food Crisis

How to Engineer a Food Crisis

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The UK seems to be in a world of hurt.

The media has been abuzz about the need to stock canned goods due to “food shortages,” blaming global warming and hostile nations:

Remarkably, these were exactly the causes blamed in many tabletop exercises, including Food Chain Reaction Game 2015—keynoted by none other than John Podesta—which, unsurprisingly, demanded “better global governance.”

But the genesis of this “new” food crisis, being used to justify an acceleration of gene-edited crops and other unpopular measures advancing the technocratic takeover of food, lies not in Russian aggression or CO2, but in bad policies and economic warfare against farmers for generations.

Though several novels could be dedicated to the systematic strangulation of British agriculture, I will highlight only a select few to paint the rough picture:

INHERITANCE TAX

While the UK’s general inheritance tax (IHT) sits at 40%, farms historically have been shielded from this by an “Agricultural Property Relief” policy. Family farms were handed down from one generation to the next, as has been done by humans since the dawn of time.

That ended on April 6, 2026.

IHT relief for agricultural property was capped this year to £2.5 million — which really doesn’t go far considering the value of farmland and requisite equipment. Everything thereafter is subject to an effective IHT of 20% on farm land and assets that are already running on a very thin margin. This is how a cash-poor, asset-rich farm gets sold to pay the tax bill.

This is staggeringly bad policy, forcing experienced farmers off their land. It is also, in my view, wholly immoral — but we’ll set that aside.

UNPLUGGING THE LIFE SUPPORT

The UK has cut off financial support from farms. Britain once paid farmers to grow food. The EU turned that into a land cheque called the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS). After Brexit, this subsidy to producers (now called ‘delinked payments’) was set to expire gradually over time, shifting instead to a “Sustainable Farming Incentive.”

While the BPS began at £180–£230/ha, resulting in an average payment of £28,400/year, the delinked payments are this year (2026) capped at £600. Yet the SFI “replacing” it was shut down in 2025 when its budget was exhausted. Thousands of producers were left out to dry:

These payments to farmers to ensure food security, which began post-WW2 and upon which farmers became dependent, have been unceremoniously eroded. This, alone, has been a disaster for British producers, pushing many into a cash flow crisis.

SHUTTING DOWN FARMS

Now that the farms were unprofitable, the UK went further, actively incentivizing some producers to stop farming their land and shed their livestock. This was achieved through a new Land Use plan which even the Guardian was forced to summarize as “taking farms out of food production:”

Right about now you might be shaking your head, “They set a goal of stopping farms from growing food?” Yes. Yes, they did.

The Knepp Castle Estate is one such example. Their homepage tells the story quite clearly. Where once winter wheat, barley, oats, maize were grown, and 600 dairy cows and sheep were raised, now one finds yurts available for rental:

Food security explicitly took a backseat to the 30×30 plan, as adopted at COP15, and the idea that land should be released back to nature and “rewilded.”

Now, with yields indeed at historic lows, we see the headlines blaming Russia and climate change. We hear the National Farmers’ Union president Tom Bradshaw saying it “does feel like there is going to be some shortages,” and, in the same breath, that many producers may not have the cash to plant next year.

And yet, somehow, this entirely relevant backstory is lost, eclipsed by the administration’s rush to adopt gene-edited food and drone-surveilled precision agriculture.

They did not need to ban traditional farming. They simply made the farm economically unviable, paid producers to do anything other than produce, and are now calling the missing food a “climate emergency.”

While the British have been quite explicit about the process, fundamentally their actions have been unexceptional:

• - In the Netherlands, nitrogen rules and buyout schemes have already taken hundreds of livestock farms out
• - In Germany, too, farmers associations are warning producers may not have the cash to plant the next crop[full report here]

Don’t let them call this climate change. This food crisis was engineered through policy, and is now being marketed as weather.

And that is all the more reason we should be growing more food and redoubling efforts at creating lasting food security for our families and communities.

Putin’s 'doomsday' submarine capable of producing radioactive tsunamis launches for first time

Putin’s doomsday submarine capable of producing radioactive tsunamis launches for first time

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Russia’s newest nuclear submarine, built to carry the Poseidon “doomsday” torpedo capable of triggering radioactive tsunamis, has put to sea for the first time.

According to a report from the Daily Mail, the Kremlin quietly dispatched the 10,000-ton Khabarovsk on sea trials in the White Sea last week with no public ceremony. The vessel is designed to carry as many as six Poseidon nuclear-powered torpedoes in addition to conventional anti-ship and land-attack missiles.

Poseidon is described as having a range exceeding 6,000 miles and the ability to operate at depths of 3,280 feet. Analysts say an underwater nuclear detonation from the weapon could, in theory, generate a massive radioactive surge that would drive tsunami-like waves far inland, threatening coastal cities with both flooding and long-term contamination.

The launch comes amid heightened rhetoric from Russian state media. Kremlin-aligned commentators have urged President Vladimir Putin to use Poseidon against Britain in response to London’s supply of drones that have struck Russian territory. State television presenter Vladimir Solovyov declared: “Give the British three days to learn to breathe underwater, then hit them with Poseidon.”

Putin himself confirmed an earlier Poseidon test this year, stating that Russia launched the weapon from a submarine and then activated its onboard nuclear reactor. Last year he told military officials: “There is nothing like this.

There is no way to intercept it.” Former president Dmitry Medvedev has called Poseidon a genuine “doomsday weapon.” Russian commentators have even suggested it could “drown Britain,” though Western analysts describe such claims as exaggerated while acknowledging the system was built to instill fear.

The Khabarovsk, reportedly costing £1 billion, was developed after the United States withdrew from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in 2002. Defence Minister Andrei Belousov said the “heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser Khabarovsk is being launched from the renowned Sevmash shipyard” and would carry “underwater weapons and robotic systems” to secure Russia’s maritime borders.

Experts caution that a continent-scale radioactive tsunami remains scientifically uncertain, yet that uncertainty itself serves as a strategic tool. Dr Richard Connolly of the Royal United Services Institute called Poseidon “a boutique capability” designed for “the very worst of scenarios.” He added that any actual use against Britain would trigger retaliation from the UK’s Trident nuclear deterrent: “So they wouldn’t do it, because they know they’d pay a price.”

Even a limited strike, however, could devastate harbors, contaminate coastlines, and leave land toxic for years. The quiet departure of the Khabarovsk into the White Sea has therefore sharpened attention on a weapon whose mere existence is intended to alter calculations in any future confrontation.

Turkish FM: Netanyahu is a criminal who poses a threat to the region and the international community

Turkish FM: Netanyahu is a criminal who poses a threat to the region and the international community

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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan sharply attacked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, describing him as a "murderer" and a perpetrator of "genocide," in the latest escalation of Turkish rhetoric towards Israel. Fidan’s statements came in Istanbul on the sidelines of the first meeting of the Mecca Defense Agreement between Turkey, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia.

According to the official Turkish news agency "Anadolu," Fidan said that Netanyahu "has become a common enemy of humanity, the international community, and global security," adding that he should not be taken seriously at the current stage.

The Turkish Foreign Minister called on the international community to take practical steps against Netanyahu, warning that what he described as the Israeli threat is not limited to Turkey, but extends to global security. He said, "Thinking that this is only Turkey’s problem is a big mistake."

Fidan also called on international powers to take action to stop Netanyahu, considering that the continuation of what he described as "genocide" poses a danger to the region, Israel, the Jewish people, and the entire world.

Fidan's statements come in the context of a continuous escalation in Turkey's stance toward Israel, as Ankara has recently taken a series of political and economic measures, including imposing trade restrictions and supporting legal actions against Israel in international courts.

Trump Says Iran’s Oil Hub Kharg Island Is Being Blown “TO SMITHEREENS”

Trump Says Iran’s Oil Hub Kharg Island Is Being Blown “TO SMITHEREENS” (VIDEO)

Jim Hoft

President Trump issued a stunning message Sunday night indicating that Iran’s most important oil-export hub was under devastating attack.

“Kharg Island being blown to smithereens!!! President DJT,” Trump announced on Truth Social.

Trump’s post included a dramatic AI-generated video depicting explosions across the island.

Neither the White House nor the Department of War had publicly confirmed a new attack on Kharg Island’s oil facilities. Reuters reported that Iranian state media had also issued no immediate response.

Kharg Island is the crown jewel of Iran’s energy industry. Before the war, the island handled approximately 90 percent of the regime’s oil exports.

Earlier Sunday, US forces conducted a confirmed strike against two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island, roughly 410 miles east of Kharg Island.

US Central Command said Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces were observed preparing to launch rockets carrying sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz.

CENTCOM described the operation as a “limited, precise action” against Iranian forces posing an “imminent threat” to civilian mariners, commercial vessels, and international commerce.

“In essence, Iran created the threat and the U.S. military eliminated it to protect civilian mariners, commercial shipping, and the free flow of global commerce,” CENTCOM said, according to the Associated Press.

The official CENTCOM account identified the immediate threat as IRGC preparations to deploy rockets carrying sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz.

The Iranian regime later retaliated by firing ballistic missiles at two US bases in Jordan.

Jordan’s armed forces reportedly intercepted eight missiles that entered the country’s airspace. Nearly all the incoming missiles were shot down, and no significant damage was immediately reported.

U.S. Strikes Iranian Launchers Set to Mine Hormuz, IRGC Vows ‘Severe Repercussions’

U.S. Strikes Iranian Launchers Set to Mine Hormuz, IRGC Vows ‘Severe Repercussions’

Joshua Klein

U.S. forces struck two Iranian rocket launchers Sunday after the military observed Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces preparing to fire rockets carrying sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz, prompting Tehran to vow retaliation in the first known American strike inside Iran since late July.

The launchers were struck on Larak Island, an Iranian island near the strategic waterway, according to U.S. officials who confirmed the operation to multiple media outlets.“Earlier today U.S. forces struck two Iranian launchers on Larak Island. Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces were observed preparing to launch rockets with sea mines into Strait of Hormuz,” one U.S. official said.

American forces are closely monitoring the area and remain prepared to protect the free flow of commerce through the strait, the official added.

The IRGC acknowledged the attack shortly afterward, saying Iranian forces and civilians were killed or wounded and vowing to punish those responsible. Iran’s Tasnim news agency, which is affiliated with the Guards, cited preliminary, unofficial reports that two people were killed and two others wounded.

“The terrorist enemy’s aggression on Larak Island will be met with punishment for the aggressor,” the IRGC said in a statement carried by Iran’s official IRNA news agency.

IRGC spokesman Brig. Gen. Hossein Mohebi escalated the threat, calling the strike a “strategic and fatal error” by the Trump administration that would carry “severe repercussions.”

“The adversary will face the ramifications of this faulty calculus across both the economic and military arenas,” Mohebi said.

Iranian officials issued additional threats in the hours after the attack, warning that the U.S. response would be met with a more painful retaliation.

“Undoubtedly, no crime, at any level, goes unanswered; a response that is devastating, more painful, and instructive, which will complete the chain of your failures,” Iranian lawmaker Ebrahim Azizi warned. “Wait in fear and terror!”

A spokesman for Iran’s armed forces separately declared that Tehran’s response to the attack would be “definitive.”

Sunday’s strike came days after President Donald Trump specifically warned Iran against attempting to place new mines in Hormuz after U.S. forces cleared Iranian mines from the strait’s international shipping lanes.

Writing on Truth Social last week, Trump announced that the U.S. Navy had removed or detonated the mines in international waters before warning Tehran: “Iran has been notified that any ship or boat placing new mines will be immediately and systematically destroyed.”