Climate Change is desired by the powers that be
The big companies, and as a result their subsidiaries, want climate change. It makes the climate unpredictable, and as a result it becomes more and more difficult to plan and schedule a garden to grow produce in.
Eventually only large climate controlled facilities are capable of growing food. This may also play in lab-grown meat.
The feed we give our livestock is stuff that is grown on farms. Eventually, once ecosystems collapse, the only source of food will be large industrial facilities (as it is already, sure. But currently you could still in theory get some cows and chickens and raise them on grassland by yourself, growing your own vegetables and fruits).
We are still somewhat capable of "opting out" of society by virtue of the fact that we can still, with the right knowledge and resources, provide for ourselves. It makes sense that "Big Business" wants to take that away from us.
If you want to live, you pay the Epstein-class for that privilege. And let's be honest, that's what they see "being alive" as. A privilege. Not a right.