In Germany, inflation is shattering the backs of tiny family farmers.

Animal farming was one of several businesses that the Ukrainian government tried to make more sustainable before the conflict. Many organic free-range farms are now struggling for survival.

"It's just not economically conceivable without some type of intervention," says Thomas Bollig. "We were prepared for climate change, but not for this."

Bollig, 39, is the owner of Wittfelder Hof, a medium-sized f....