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70% Of Farmers Can’t Afford To Grow All Their Crops forbes.com/sites/eriksher… (Photo: Scott Olson via Getty Images)
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The Pacific Ocean is the planet’s biggest climate kitchen—and one of its pots may be about to boil over. insideclimatenews.org/news/25042026/…
The "fertilizer shock" is about to hit a number of nations HARD... with full-blown famine guaranteed to take place from late 2026 to mid-2027 if the Strait of Hormuz isn't opened soon. Sudan is the most exposed -- more than half its fertilizer comes from the Gulf, the country is in the grip of a civil war, and its planting season runs from June to July. This is a recipe for mass starvation, and it is being treated as a secondary concern. Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka each face their own ticking clock: fertilizer that doesn’t arrive by May is fertilizer that won’t be applied. The ripple effects will hit the lean season of 2027. Even countries like India and Brazil have some buffers through stockpiles or later planting windows, but that only masks the systemic fragility. The poorest smallholders in Bihar or the Sahel have no such safety net. As one study notes, “below certain income levels it may simply not be possible to obtain an adequate diet” . These are the people who will die first. The political fallout is just as predictable as the food shortages. Countries where food already consumes over 50 percent of household income -- Nigeria, Pakistan, Bangladesh -- are defenseless against a 25 to 30 percent price spike. History shows that food riots topple governments. The link between food prices and political stability is well documented: “another indirect indication of food problems in specific areas is the price of food in relation to income levels, that is, the ability to purchase food” . When that ability evaporates, the social contract breaks. Egypt’s bread price history is a flashing red light. The Sisi government’s price caps may delay the explosion, but the IMF program ensures the pressure will build. Sri Lanka’s 2022 collapse was triggered by a fertilizer ban; the political memory is fresh, and this crisis could reignite unrest far more rapidly than officials admit. As the fertilizer bottleneck at Hormuz raises the risk of food inflation and worsening global hunger, we are sitting on a powder keg . The only question is where the first spark will ignite. Read my full article here: The Fertilizer Shock of 2026-2027: A Man-Made Famine in the Making naturalnews.com/2026-04-27-the…
The controversial weed killer Roundup is now being deployed in private and public forests at record rates. We go inside the secret plan that helped make it possible. motherjones.com/politics/2026/…
This fishing pier at Lake Corpus Christi State Park is at least 30 feet above the water now with the lake level around 7%
