A Washington, D.C.-based think tank is warning that while China and others are increasing their food stockpile, the US government is turning a blind eye to this integral aspect of national security.

“The US government has not put a major priority on food security or preparedness,” Tommy Waller, president and CEO of the Centre for Security Policy, warned. “Under the Biden administration, the USDA and FEMA have transitioned from a culture of preparedness to priorities of diversity, equity and inclusion – DEI – and climate change.”

The following is the article ‘DC-based think tank warns US gov’t failing to prioritize food security while China ramps up efforts’ published by LifeSite News.

The United States government and the Chinese Communist Party (“CCP”) see “national security” in two very different ways – and that includes food security.

Historically, the CCP has been known to weaponise its food supply, which it has done against millions of its own citizens, resulting in mass starvation and suffering. But today, it appears the communist government is stockpiling food, indeed, making it a major national security priority for its people. Why?

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Tommy Waller, president and CEO of the Washington, D.C.-based think tank the Centre for Security Policy, says most Americans do not understand that “food security is national security.” And that currently, the safety of American citizens is, indeed, being jeopardised by the US government. The retired Marine Corps lieutenant colonel, in an interview with WND, explained that “at the federal level, our nation has catastrophically failed to prioritise food security while all of our adversaries, both hostile nations and globalists, have had their crosshairs on food for quite a while.”

For example, Waller said, in stark contrast to “having no problem starving its own people,” the Chinese government has an entire agency called the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration. It is largely responsible for laws and regulations that oversee grain and material reserves of the East Asian country.

In statistics often touted by members of the Chinese regime, Waller said, “China’s grain inventories are so abundant that the stock-to-use ratio is well above the international grain security threshold.”

“The US government has not put a major priority on food security or preparedness,” Waller warned. In contrast to the Chinese regime’s prioritising strategic reserves of food, he told WND, “Under the Biden administration, the USDA and FEMA have transitioned from a culture of preparedness to priorities of diversity, equity and inclusion – DEI – and climate change.”

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What’s more, he said, the Biden administration has incentivised many farmers to reprioritise the use of their land away from cultivating it for food production. Through the Conservation Reserve Programme, he explained, “farmers are getting paid more to get their land into the programme as opposed to farming it.” While he conceded there are some benefits to the programme, he also pointed out that farmers are producing less food as a result, and this diminishes America’s food security.

“Less than two per cent of our population produces food for everybody else in this country,” Waller noted. “The average American isn’t prepared to go without food for any duration, so you can see the importance of keeping our farmers farming.”

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