Explaining America’s farming crisis using a ritz cracker

I don't think they have GMO wheat. Much of the genetic modification is to make it possible to spray fields for weed control without damaging the crop plants. The reason there is glyphosate on wheat ( and oats) is that glyphosate does kill the plant.
The grains on plants in a field do not mature uniformly across the field. If part of the field matures early the grains can fall to the ground before other parts of the field are mature.
Farmers discovered that they can spray the whole field with Roundup when the first plants mature. That kills the plants, all of which have grain heads, grains formed up, and just days from full maturity, so the plants die, and dry down so the grain is ready for harvest. The grains, in their awns, are then covered in glyphosate. No wonder they find glyphosate in grains and products made from them.
Organic grains are more expensive because they do not use this method on organic crops. I don't eat much grain, but choose organic when I do.

A lady once asked me of crackers are over processed, I told her " if a food you buy does not look like a part of a plant or animal, it is over processed".

Veganism is good for reducing global warming

I went down the cracker shelves and looked at the ingredients. It was Mediterranean flavor and had allure red (petroleum based foods dye). Oh and persevatives that are used in varnish and lacquer.

Thanks!❤ your videos and appreciate the detailed effort you make connecting the dots in a world where we can no longer rely on mainstream media highly compromised by politics and corporate manipulation for $$

Was not ready for the 2 hour run time but I'm glad you went all in

Possibly should go back and remove all the comments that are part of the live stream- I lost interest in where you were trying to go with this

Blaming Crackers for our food system. Got it XD

A lot of good info here. I hope you condense it into one of your more lesson-structured videos. (As an older person, I find the live streams hard to keep track of sometimes) I agree on so many of your points!

I wouldn’t be to concerned about soybean and row crop farmers. 11 billion came their way for crop losses.

TLDR: crackers are the problem for America 🙂‍↕️

We could be growing so many more veggies and fruits than just corn, soybeans, and wheat.

Bailouts don't work if the soil is destroyed.

Regarding your farmers: They also now don't actually own their extremely expensive farming equipment & machines; if something breaks or need replacement for some other reason, they cannot do it themselves, or use a part produced by someone other than the brand. Some can even be shut down remotely.

It's the same situation we see in other hardware & software technology, where everything is becoming "subscriptions".

We are all effed.

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I am android.

33:29 Run off is where it’s all going

32:43 We wouldn’t need as much fertilizer if we didn’t use glyphosate because it’s an antibiotic that kills off the bacteria that help break down organic matter in the soil to which feeds the plants. The soil is so badly stripped