Food freedom is becoming a national security issue

In this conversation from CHD-TV, Dr. Meryl Nass sits down with attorney, farmer, and author John Klar to talk about what’s really happening in America’s food systems — and why small farmers are disappearing at an alarming rate.

John Klar discusses his upcoming books, The Coming Food Crisis and Welcome to the Revolution, and explains how regulatory bottlenecks, consolidation, and misplaced “safety” rules are quietly crushing local farms while enriching middlemen, processors, and multinational corporations.

Among the most urgent issues is the fact that small farmers are allowed to raise and slaughter animals — but in most cases, they’re legally prohibited from selling that meat directly to consumers unless it passes through scarce, expensive USDA facilities. As a result, farmers lose money, food prices stay high, and communities lose access to healthy, local food.

The conversation also digs into:

• Why the U.S. is now a net importer of food
• How supply-chain fragility threatens affordability and resilience
• The bipartisan potential of food and farming reform
• Why states like New Hampshire are pushing back — and why it matters

Watch the full conversation and decide for yourself what “common sense” food policy should actually look like.