That might have been true at some point, but with all the "we have to fight Russia" rhetoric they have put that food security in jeopardy. It's by far not the only western country that does so. The Farmers protests in NL triggered by the request to massively slash nitrogen in farming are another example. It does remind be of Sri Lanka a little bit, albeit under a different pretext.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-08/high-gas-...