Joe Rogan Experience #2571 - Jimmy Carr · Aired Oct 28, 2026
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Food consumption in France is down by 6% this year.
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What remains unresolved
Carr says French food consumption is down 6% this year. INSEE documents a 6.3% fall in food-consumption volume between 2021 and 2024, followed by a 0.3% rise in 2025. That is a different interval and includes changes in product mix as well as quantities. It cannot alone rule out every 2026 measure, and this review did not establish a comparable 2026 decline of 6%. Carr's proposed fertilizer and planting explanation remains unverified.
Read the supporting source · www.insee.fr ↗Quick answer & review status
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Is it true that Food consumption in France is down by 6% this year?
We can't say yet. Carr says French food consumption is down 6% this year. 3% rise in 2025. It was said on Joe Rogan Experience #2571 - Jimmy Carr, aired Oct 28, 2026, at 1:44:32. We haven't independently confirmed who said it. We couldn't settle it from the evidence we captured, so it stays an open question, not a false claim. The supporting source is insee.fr, linked below.
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