Why does Jimmy Carr say food is getting scarcer in France?

Jimmy Carr told Joe Rogan that food consumption in France is down 6% this year. He blames fertilizer not getting out of the Middle East and a missed planting season, not weight-loss drugs. He says rice is up 70% and wheat 40%, and that the poorest 10 to 20% of people are missing meals. He tied this to the 2018 Yellow Jackets protests over fuel prices. Carr pointed out that ammonia fertilizer made with petrochemicals feeds 48% of the world's population.

• Rogan named the chemist as Fritz Haber and described his role in poison gas during World War I.
• They read that the Pentagon wants every major US base able to run for 90 days on its own, while Britain urged families to stockpile food.

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