‘Regenerative’ Farming: AOC’s Over-Hyped Climate Change Solution
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently came out in support of “regenerative” farming as a solution to climate change.
Politicians have a complicated relationship with science. When they think the evidence comports with their political goals, they love scientists and the work that they do. However, when their ideology clashes with the data, our representatives twist themselves in knots to avoid conforming their views to the facts. Case in point, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted the following comments about regenerative agriculture on July 20:
Many small farms are now using ‘regenerative’ farming techniques that indigenous people have been using for centuries – and in doing so, they may have found the key to protecting our entire global food supply from climate change. pic.twitter.com/migH5zFsD3
— Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@RepAOC) July 20, 2022
The tweet included a clip of a hearing during which handpicked experts answered softball questions, giving Ocasio-Cortez’s opinion a gloss of scientific legitimacy.