Dale Wen: Green Ideology Is Harming Food Security | Tom Nelson Pod #329

Caltech PhD. Climate realist working on food security and energy security for 2 decades. Climate alarmism and net zero critique.  00:00 Introduction to Dale Wen and Green Ideology 00:59 Dale Wen's Background and Career Shift 02:08 Outline of the Talk 02:19 Challenges of Food Security and Climate Change 02:33 Green Revolution Achievements 02:51 Case Study: Greenpeace and Golden Rice 03:03 Case Study: Sri Lanka's Food Crisis 03:21 Case Study: EU's Refusal to Help Africa 03:35 Case Study: EU's Farm to Fork Strategy 04:05 Organic vs. Conventional Agriculture 06:49 Historical Climate Challenges 09:33 China's Food Security in the 1970s 10:47 Green Revolution's Impact on Food Security 12:39 Synthetic Fertilizers and Agricultural Innovation 13:10 Green Ideology Blocking Agricultural Progress 13:30 Golden Rice Controversy 15:02 Sri Lanka's Organic Transition Failure 23:31 Bhutan's Organic Transition 24:39 EU's Green Initiatives and Africa 25:57 EU's Farm to Fork Strategy 28:42 Environmental Impact of Organic vs. Conventional Agriculture 33:42 Debunking Organic Agriculture Myths 34:33 The Reality of Organic Pesticides 35:53 Comparing Toxicity: Organic vs. Conventional 39:28 Economic and Environmental Impacts of Organic Farming 40:09 The Definition and Misconceptions of Organic Agriculture 41:40 Insights from Global Agricultural Assessments 44:57 The Politics of Agroecology 46:38 The Push for Regenerative Farming 49:22 Concluding Thoughts on Green Ideology 51:16 Q&A Session: Organic Food, Bugs, and Synthetic Meats https://x.com/dale_wen https://dalewen.substack.com/ ========= Slides, summaries, and transcripts of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summaries My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tomanelson1