Looks like Barry took a page from the book of Uncle Joe "Man of Steel" Stalin, undoubtedly one of his idols. Just like when millions of Ukrainians mysteriously starved to death during the Holodomor, apparently Barry has recognized the merits of a populace too weak and busy dying from hunger to fight back.
Unfortunately, this seems to be yet another piece of a terrifying puzzle falling neatly into place. The push to concentrate our agricultural assets into huge, easily controlled corporate farms and away from small, privately owned ones that could, one day, potentially feed those who strongly disagree with the government, seems to make sense now.