Sri Lanka implemented a NATIONWIDE ban on synthetic fertilizers and pesticides in 2019 as part of the government's investment pitch to the Davos international elite of Sri Lanka as a "hip new green nation."

Now, predictably, the island is starving. https://t.co/5EWrbu9tO9

— Jeff Blehar is *BOX OFFICE POISON* (@EsotericCD) July 9, 2022