Author: John Klar

John Klar was a tax attorney for several years and then practiced criminal and family litigation. In 1998 he switched to farming in Vermont, and has written for Mother Earth News, Liberty Nation, American Thinker, the Federalist, American Spectator, Human Events, and others. His new book is called "Small Farm Republic: Why Conservatives Must Embrace Local Agriculture, Reject Climate Alarmism, and Lead an Environmental Revival."
  • The Coming Cow Wars: Why Raising Cows is a Revolutionary Act

    My wife Jackie and I keep a handful of cows and sheep. We don’t do it for the money, but for the food security and as a way to combat the enemies of cows. Small-scale farming is the antidote to industrial agriculture and confinement animal feeding operations.

  • Fearing ‘climate change,’ Ireland moves to kill the cows

    Ireland has announced plans to cull hundreds of thousands of cows to comply with European Union climate policy.  Similar initiatives in Belgium and the Netherlands ensure that beef prices will rise, but these proposals offer little environmental benefit.  Indeed, cows are the heroes, not the villains, in rescuing the climate.

  • No, solar panels are not farmland

    Concerned that rapid development threatened critical agricultural resources, Indiana’s Legislature in 2023 commissioned a study to determine the status of the state’s farmland. Noting that most agricultural land loss neighbored cities and suburban areas, the study concluded that Indiana lost 345,682 acres of farmland between 2010 and 2022.

  • Disinformation Duplicity in Vaccine Safety Hearings

    It seems social justice science is a stifler of critical thought. Recent hearings in the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic have examined US vaccine safety systems and why vaccination rates are dropping despite efforts to bolster public trust.

  • Vaccine Safety Heads to Congress

    Coronavirus Subcommittee studies adverse reaction reporting systems.
    The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic convened a hearing on Feb. 15 titled “Assessing America’s Vaccine Safety Systems, Part 1.”

  • Who Trusts the WHO? Reforming massive agencies may be a task too great.

    The WHO (World Health Organization) took center stage during the COVID pandemic as the global coordinator of effective response. Questions about the organization’s proper role – and competence – preceded and now survive the COVID-19 crisis. Was the WHO effective and apolitical in its response, and can it be trusted with its global medical preeminence?

  • The Control of Food

    Our grandparents and great grandparents produced much of their own food in their gardens or on their farms. Food choices in stores were limited, with little frozen food available and fewer fresh and canned foods for sale. Our grandparents and great grandparents produced much of their own food in their gardens or on their farms…

  • Globalists Seek to Further Industrialize American Farms

    President Biden’s “special climate envoy” John Kerry created a stir at a recent event when he targeted farming and small farms as climate culprits. America’s family farms have suffered steady decline for decades due to technocrats like Kerry determining their profitability and survival. In the name of national security, Kerry now advances global initiatives to…

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