FOOD SUPPLY UNDER SIEGE: THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IS THE WORLD’S AGRICULTURAL KILL SWITCH

THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ: NOT JUST AN OIL STORY—A FOOD STORY They want you focused on gasoline prices. That’s the distraction. The real leverage point isn’t oil—it’s fertilizer. Roughly one-third of globally traded nitrogen fertilizer and nearly half of the world’s sulfur moves through a narrow maritime chokepoint most Americans couldn’t find on a map. The Strait of Hormuz isn’t just an energy corridor—it’s the artery feeding modern agriculture. Shut it down, and you don’t just slow trade. You starve the system. Because modern food production isn’t “natural.” It’s industrial. It’s chemical. And it’s completely dependent on inputs derived from natural gas and globalized supply chains that were never designed to withstand geopolitical shock. FERTILIZER: THE INVISIBLE FOUNDATION OF HUMAN…