Why are farmers in the Netherlands angry? | Inside Story

Farmers in the Netherlands are angry
They're rejecting laws that regulate emissions produced by livestock, but will have a major impact on the farming community and the larger economy.
The Netherlands has failed to meet its emissions reduction targets - so permits for new homes and roads have not been granted since 2019, to prevent further pollution.
And the government has introduced tough new rules.
Its $100-billion food export industry - one of the biggest in the world - could be badly affected.
So, what will this climate policy mean for global food supplies?
Presenter: Rob Matheson
Guests:
Jeroen Van Maanen - Dairy Farmer and Protest Organiser.
Natasja Oerlemans - Food and Agriculture Expert at the World Wide Fund for Nature Netherlands.
Theo Mandersloot - Broker in agriculture commodities at AGRACOM.
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[@stoepke2]

I am Dutch and I can add something tot this news item. Yes, the EU has imposed rules for the reduction of nitrogen. But each EU country applies these rules in its own way. The Netherlands is a small country with 17 million people. There has been a shortage of affordable houses for years. What you don’t hear anywhere in the media is that the Dutch government uses the nitrogen reduction rules to not only force farmers to stop, but to expropriate their land. They want to use this precious land to build houses and new industrial areas. The farmland has been owned by farming families for generations. They are driven to bankruptcy and there is hardly any financial compensation in return. That is why the farmers are now protesting en masse. Currently, many false news stories are being brought into the world through Dutch news channels. Also to ensure that the Dutch people turn against the farmer’s actions. But so far the actions are still fully supported by the people. Please make sure everyone in the world hears about this injustice. Thank you.

[@lourensmulder239]

This is about NWO, elites and politicians who wants to create food shortages. So far they have been successful in africa. They want to enslave the massas. Super rich think they are superior to the people, they are afraid to die and wants to live longer to enjoy their riches and for this others must die. Uncle Klaus is just another hitler who changed tactics. Get rid of them all and let the people rule.

[@johnschlutz8644]

dubai gets their land from the sea....government not to be trusted especially with forced vaccinations.

[@dorismaul9175]

Nothing but a land grab. I hate Goverments

[@Amrsingh]

That is so true and not only that, this is just another way to grab land from public and then no one can stand against government run by capitalist. In other words democracy's are on the way out, the new normal are plutocracy.

[@AviReid]

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!🌈🌿🌷

[@lyhs0219]

Why attack farmers and farming? Why not reduce air travel by 70% why not bạn private jets?

[@CAL-zq3dk]

Our PM Trudeau literally on a private jet every week jetsetting round the world talking about climate change and pushing for more war with Russia , go figure.

[@MrJack1992]

because the high end elites don't want to be told no

[@CherylCold]

28 super tankers produce the same amount of harmful gasses as all the cars on the planet

[@TPNST]

They are going to finish Off farmers in the entire world; is one step in order to enslave us

[@nodnoc]

How about neither?

[@Wieringa-sl1wy]

We the people from the Netherlands 🇳🇱 stand with our Farmers we have stand up world wide 🙏💚

[@janjohns2457]

I believe the largest problem that we have is not farmers or cows, it is the governments spraying our skies, with all the heavy metals, this is not about nitrogen emissions this is about controlling the people, as if you control the food, you can control the people! People need to truly WAKE UP, to the true agenda, of all the worlds governments!

[@Wieringa-sl1wy]

@Celtic girl the goverment ignore the farmers still. But the Farmers are going to strike harder then ever before they say. The people here in the Netherlands stand with the farmers. Shame is that the Nos news on TV is putting out big propaganda for the goverment. If you want to follow the news arrond this topic I have I tip for you. On KZbin canal BLCKBX they bring out the real news over the framers the great reset WEF ectect

[@Wieringa-sl1wy]

@Celtic girl it's happening world wide now. Bill Gates is buying lots of Farmland in the US Bill Gates is funding large amount of money in businesses ho will sell his fake food from 3d printers. When you control the food you control the people you know we ha e to stand up together world wide 💚✌🙏

[@maurien655]

Why it has been so difficult to find news about that?

[@maurien655]

@Celtic girl isn't that scaring in a democracy? Cause my country had live a period of dictatorship (Brazil), so that is a red flag

[@eekiane1921]

I agree, no farmers no food, this should not only be a farmers fight but for each and everyone of us.

[@kimhenno]

When I lose my job I get 800 euro to live and can get out off my house. So it’s not so bat for the farmers.

[@bellablow4287]

Grow your own food

[@eekiane1921]

@@bellablow4287 that is a viable option if you have land, but how many can afford a piece of land, and assuming you can there are laws governing agricultural land for example in Switzerland not anyone can buy farmland.

[@martinko4086]

Government officials in Netherlands , will have the food for them self from your high taxes . BUT you DO Not complain, you can still see your " FREE " doctor on empty stomach .

[@martinko4086]

@@kimhenno You can buy your new bicycle with 800 euro , but if there is no food , you can go and fu...ck your self with 800 euro . GOT IT ?? Where did you get your education ??

[@barrymurphy1982]

Thanks Al Jazeera for covering this story. Most European media are ignoring it or some reason.

[@marinarassin4231]

Wef rutte , make sure u got the media in the pocket

[@Jk-xh9fj]

Das ist in Deutschland genauso, hier hört man auch nichts von den Protesten in Holland, hier sind auch alle Medien korrupt!!!! Kämpft Bauern 💪💪💪

[@barrymurphy1982]

@@Jk-xh9fj Ich weiß. Ich wohne in Deutschland!

[@annijohannesen8715]

The european media is hopeless and silent.

[@iluvknitting1965]

The media channels that ignore this are likely being paid off by people above who want to keep us in ignorance.

[@erraticuk]

WEF calls for a 30% food produced reduction. Demand for food goes up. Prices go up. Politicians blame russia.

[@sombor777]

Well said

[@OmmerSyssel]

Nonsense, who is blocking worlds largest Grain export? Megalomaniac Putin, busy ruining the lives for millions of innocent people! Attack that insane Id!ot instead of deflecting..

[@briancowan528]

The WEF is the most dangerous, subversive organization on the planet.

[@Jay_Verma]

bruh sounds like a conspiracy

[@itsmederek1]

This is dumb. NL produces luxury food items, we do not feed large populations. Export is measured in MONEY not calories

[@randhawaz1]

Respect and support to Dutch farmers. From India 🇮🇳

[@mmacwebb7306]

You are great one, love ❤️ from Japan

[@nathanngumi8467]

It is a complicated issue. Undermining farming in the name of meeting climate goals like net zero is a dangerous gambit because global famine will not take years to manifest but will be immediate, and the ensuing chaos will not care how green one's ambitions are. If you cannot eat, you will not really care how green your energy is.

[@eekiane1921]

Spots on

[@OmmerSyssel]

There is no food shortage in our modern societies! Only you lazy Africans are incapable of controlling your population and providing needed food production! We are not supposed to ruin our nature to feed you child producing clowns! How about South Africa and Zimbabwe? Did they gain independence, only to ruin their tremendous food production, and murder highly efficient WHITE farmers? Why don't you lazy cowards attack megalomaniac Putin, instead of whining about failing grain supply from other countries? Loads of nonsense and corruption is all you have! 🤮

[@fredrickmansav6852]

Just look at sri lanka for the vision of the future the WEF governments want.

[@evilsimeon]

The Dutch won’t go without, someone else will.

[@bengilkes7676]

The fact is animal, especially cow farming is hugely inefficient. Every 6 calories fed to cow gives 1 calorie back, not to mention the amount of water used and the damage caused by their waste. Increased efficiency means decreased welfare. People need to wake up to this. Farmers should grow efficient, calorie rich crops in these times of need. Why is this not obvious to everyone?

[@jasonlangpaap9607]

Politicians telling farmers how to farm lol

[@namelesssnitchy]

yes they do. You obviously have no idea

[@OmmerSyssel]

After all these politician are elected democratically and therefore represents the people, not just a spoiled elite, like these entitled greedy tax funded farmers! There is no need for their huge EU subventioned overproduction!

[@jasonlangpaap9607]

@Black Bard Studio I've never met a scientist who has actually farmed most people have no idea what it takes to grow food and get it to market I've worked in agriculture most of my life your more than welcomed to come visit the central valley in California wear I'm from and all show you how things work my friend I'm in the dairy industry it's more complex than you think my friend have a nice day

[@sebas8225]

@Black Bard Studio They resist those practices case the governments are in general distrusted by farmers.

[@jasonlangpaap9607]

@Black Bard Studio how do the scientists and every one else plan to fertilize the fields to grow the food we eat with out live stock my friend have you ever farmed I work for a organic dairy co OP i would like you to come to California and visit so you can see the difference if you ever have time I would like you to see were not damaging the earth were being good stewards of the earth no farmers no food buddy

[@RobertMCroft]

Interesting as she says farming is not successful and farmers are leaving everyday. By the look of their tractors, as a farmer myself in America, I would say that they look pretty successful. Those are not tractors of subsistence farmers. Also I have lived long enough to know that when the government says they are going to fix something you had better watch out.

[@matmartin7927]

Amen to that, maybe if it wasnt so hard to maintain a farm people wouldnt leave it.

[@carlosmoreira8835]

Don't compare the Netherlands to the US, they're leagues ahead and do not have corrupt governments like you do.

[@hazepheno925]

They push the farmers out. Government makes a lot more money taxing middle class people in large apartment complexes or swats of Homes, than a bunch of farmland. Not only does this create an increased tax base, but the loss of self sufficiency will quickly lead to rising prices from Importation/Duties/freight, which even further elevates the amount of taxes people are paying due to the rising cost of goods. More people in Cities, leads to more Police and Government infrastructure, as people slowly decline into madness from living in Unsustainable urban communities that POLLUTE much more than farm land.

[@carlosmoreira8835]

@@hazepheno925 what a load of bs lol

[@CanberraProtest-dm6hu]

They tractors probably need to be new to be environmentally friendly in the Netherlands?

[@tanyalb9936]

The problem is not live stock or vegetable farming it is about control of people and the theft of the land for satellite cities with people living on top of each other for better control

[@beautifulcrazy]

Thank you!

[@46god]

yup all about agenda 2030

[@scottiedog4236]

Steel the land for solar and wind farms omg this is insane

[@yarrw]

As a small holding farmer myself I think fertiliser and diesel fumes account for most of the nitrous oxides. ( not nitrogen which is harmless) Ammonium nitrate is made from natural gas or here in Africa shale coal. This also releases more than 400 million tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere each year. My cattle are not the problem.

[@APilgrimInAFallenWorld2030]

It’s about a globalist government. Just about every large country not being run by what the left likes to call the “far” right, have been deteriorating fast because the Democratic socialists of the world want total control of all people. Best way to take control, disable the economy, ability to defend, food supply, fuel and cause divisions among the people. They have just been busy worker bees, working in weakening the people.

[@karenconder6418]

God bless the Dutch farmers 🙏

[@PutsOnSneakers]

I don't bless anyone since Eve ate from the forbidden fruit.

[@sharonc4965]

"...feed the world." I believe that every continent needs to be, at least, self-sustaining.

[@MirceaKitsune]

With politicians like this old hag in power, it's going toward exactly the opposite.

[@revolution2022]

we are not self sufficiant already in netherlands .. it wil be worse

[@Liboch]

A tough endeavour especially when some richer countries are subsidising their agricultural products, and imposing non trade barriers such environmental issues, human rights, etc. Developing countries are on the receiving ends. No coincidence when Africa can't feed their people

[@cavaleer]

Easier said than done.

[@cavaleer]

Easier said than done. Geography, Mother Nature and countries often don't see eye to eye.

[@abdelelman197]

I hate this world government, or world order. This is sickening

[@namelesssnitchy]

i hate people who dont care about the environment or biodiversity

[@highbahamut6188]

@@namelesssnitchy i hate vegans and inviromentalists

[@Cabbage22927]

@@namelesssnitchy the environment is just a pitiful excuse used to seize power. Global elites do not care about the environment. They fly on private jets, eat meat, and drive luxury sports cars. Dont be a useful idiot

[@crazycutz8072]

I for one welcome our future robot overlords..

[@dant2358]

@@namelesssnitchy there is no cure for your disorder but endless beatings

[@eldin0074]

Our "beloved" (at least by the leftist elite) Dutch minister of finance Sigrid Kaag stated in an interview that it was a bad thing that Dutch people were "taking matters into their own hands". In other words she was saying "the people should just shut up and do what we tell them to do"

[@sebas8225]

They hate it when people take matters into their own hands case it completely destroys their sphere of influence, in the whole world, courts politicians, cops, etc... exist precisely to take away the responsability of taking matters into our own hands from the people, out of the hands of the people and assign it to someone else. This is how "Wealth Transfers" happen in a vast regard.

[@Dundere_de_Duke]

Why whould the left like a guy that threatens unemployment for a third of all farmers? Isn't socialism about everybody being given the same treatment and opportunities? This sounds more authoritarian and brins with scheming found in fascism. And if I'm not wring fascism has in history been more associated with the extreme right. (Also the extreme left. Pretty much every extreme group. But the right is the one who comes to mind.)

[@cryptospacexxxit6281]

And dont forget Sigrid Kaag is also involved in WEF, that has legal binding contracts with governments WITHOUT the countries' people consent. Its disgusting and powergrab. It would be better if she went to jail forever.

[@wayneborkovich3460]

How can you cut nitrogen by switching from livestock to plant based farming? Nitrogen is a standard fertilizer element. Stay strong farmers

[@eamonobrien8618]

Yes I agree with you Nitrogen is a fertilizer element for both types of farming the only difference is livestock farming uses organic fertilizer (cow poo)more which in my opinion is better for the environment, also chemicals sprays are used a lot more for plant based farming compared to livestock farming. I think there needs to be a balance, because if we remove all the livestock and go all plant based farming there will be more chemical sprays being used to grow more crops and a lot less biodiversity

[@benjaminparent4115]

@@eamonobrien8618 Yeah but right now the problem is we raise so much cattle, we have to plant, fertilized, and harvest plant just to feed cattle, reducing meat consumption could tremendously bring down the amount of work, land, and fertilizer needed to feed the world. Cattle can't go away completely it is way to essential to sustainable farming, but it should be raising cattle for plant growing not the reverse.

[@sahmadi3621]

All Europe people should come and protest against their own politician Because of cost of living moving up every day

[@BoardsportsGroup]

You must be living off planet if you think inflation isn't gonna hit you.

[@user-dt1ko6gj3n]

Not only from Europe but also from all Democratic countries in the world. The World Economic Forum is behind this for Great Reset in controlling world food supply on the pretext of so-called "Global Environment Problem". Farmers are not angry but rather scared. Meanwhile Bill Gates's bought farmland again.

[@realMoMoPuFF]

Not in my country, we still have common sense and see through the commie left and the globalists.

[@erwinj9697]

Why stop in Europe?

[@user-xg8yy7yl1d]

@@erwinj9697 Why stop at mere protesting?

[@miiks...5...3...9...]

Better question would be "why are we purposefully creating famine" but of course the answer is obvious to everyone who read Revelations

[@tyj9175]

lol. the world is always ending for you christains isnt it.

[@OmmerSyssel]

Nonsense, there's no food shortage in EU! If dysfunctional Africa and chaotic Middle East needs more food, than they are capable of providing their lazy over populated societies, THEY can man up and attack megalomaniac Putin for obstructing their needed food supplies!! We are not responsible for others stupid choices and never ending chaos!

[@barbaramelina]

Support and respect from Canada 🇨🇦 to the Dutch Farmers 💪🏼

[@M.P.T.1.2.3]

If Farmers can not farm in "natural areas" why can hotel areas be approved in ecological areas?

[@suzialkamyst4977]

Such a good question...political priorities perhaps??

[@waulie_palnuts]

Because the farming causes massive nitrogen pollution which harms the local ecosystems in a way that's much more harmful than what a couple of hotels might do.

[@df765]

Let the politicians eat plant based foods. Save the farmers.

[@allergy5634]

Plants are still produced by farmers. And it’s not just cattle ranchers at these protests. Let the politicians starve!!

[@jasminaogrady7470]

Nah, let the politicians eat their own waste!

[@geoffmcintosh3]

Bugs.. feed the political Leeches bugs

[@deborahrobinson3974]

40 million bison roamed the prairies in the 1840’s…I don’t think there are 40 million dairy out on the prairies…We can send the by products from dairy to countries that need the fertilizer to grow crops…

[@Repunzal28]

Let them eat the crickets they want us to eat! I'll stick with the farmers! God bless our farmers and thank you for all you do❤🙏

[@warrenrobert5009]

It’s all about taking the land

[@4leafmetal]

Bingo.

[@kaputasri]

Exactly they want cheap land so they can build their mansions.

[@elzbietafajkowska5325]

Mafii swiatowej caly czs malo.Okradaja nas ze wszystkiego co nasze.Trzeba sie ich pozbyc.

[@ryank4881]

@@kaputasri no it’s not for mansions. They are planning on building mega ghetto and make holland the capital of Europe. You will own nothing and be happy

[@FloridaGirl-]

🎯 Totally! 👍

[@Zentrack]

From Brazil seeing this government position against farmers. Terribly wrong.

[@clarenceedwards2866]

Something bothers me about this shift to green energy and greening of the environment: we didn't get here where we are overnight, so how can we expect to solve this problem in the twinkling of an eye? To make changes in the agricultural sector to the tune of 70 and 90% is not something that is achievable in short order. In my humble opinion, the major contributor to pollution in the world is not being mentioned at all and that is the military industrial complex. All these nuclear weapons and all other munitions and the testing of them is having a much greater impact on the environment than the production of food. No one can deny this.

[@OmmerSyssel]

Utter nonsense! I started working on Ecological farms more than FORTY YEARS ago! That's was solid and very experienced farmers producing all sorts of necessary products! You stubborn nutters are way behind long necessary development! Why don't you take responsibility and buy ecological products making a sustainable food production possible for our farmers? Ohhh no, that's not my responsibility! ohh no, that's expensive 😳😳 Greed and narrow mindedness has its price..

[@evilsimeon]

I can, who is testing nukes?

[@Cuernavacachica02]

And the elites of the world who jet from place to place one person in the plane

[@theinvisibleman6147]

@@evilsimeon United States, Israel, North Korea, Russia, China, France

[@henrybull9586]

The governments of the world wasn't worried about detonating over 2 thousand newclear bombs in tests which created heat hotter than the sun on to mention all the fall out ok when the do it

[@nb-singh]

Stand with the farmers love from India

[@steve5160]

Eat a cow

[@gopro979]

exactly 💪🏻💪🏻

[@namelesssnitchy]

im dutch and NO

[@travelgalaxy8291]

Stand with farmers from india

[@travelgalaxy8291]

We Indian farmers also shattered indian corrupted govt

[@jamescolyn5960]

Paraphrase of WWF expert's comment -- "5 farmers per day are abandoning their farms. We think we can double or even triple that number." What reprehensible nonsense.

[@skullthrower8904]

They never think they are wrong And if you prove them wrong you are the problem Its how their little minds work 👃

[@ineshvaladolenc6559]

Can you drop a link?

[@drewm1980]

American expat in Belgium here. Cultural note, when dutch native speakers say "we can double or triple that number" they often mean that they think number is an underestimate, not that they are trying to increase it.

[@masterofthedeathwing2839]

"you will own nothing and be happy" that is what they have planned for us

[@gustabeumer688]

The government is paid by the W-E-F. And they are only a few. STAND STRONG.

[@positive_man_jb]

Who is they?

[@randhawaz1]

Farmers of the world, our generations have been in the farming on our ancestral lands. We need to get together and set our prices. If we get United, no government in this world can put an end to our livelihood and make us work for a company 9-5 job like a slave.

[@drewm1980]

I will pay... Negative 100 euros per kg of beef. And negative 200 euros per kg of dairy milk. I feel this is appropriate pricing, since the meat and dairy industries produce net negative food. Please grow plants instead!

[@Repunzal28]

Stand strong farmers Canada is with you! We love you hold the line! Light and Love will prevail God bless ❤🙏🇨🇦

[@GoySlopBurritoBar]

🇨🇦🇳🇱

[@equipman811]

You Canadians have your own problems with the Marxist in charge.

[@emdov]

Please support the farmers. The new world order (WEF) wants to destroy humanity

[@nuggetella]

100%.

[@vickybadwal9703]

yup they want great reset and want to control our food supplies

[@nuggetella]

@@vickybadwal9703 Control everything & everyone... 🍺❤🤙 👉😷💉 🌳🍏🐍

[@martintessemaker4556]

If they cant get food other than government everybody is gonna obey and start thinking its normal

[@incubator6916]

You are absolutely correct ! They want to reduce world population.Those who'll remain will be their slaves.

[@courtneyheron1561]

Uniting Dutch Agriculture best practices with Regenerative Ecological Agriculture, Hollistic management and Permaculture practices can provide the solution to this issue with a huge number of rewards from improving the health of the environment and human population, reducing dependency on outside inputs and supporting increased profits for farmers. This may be hard to do because of entrenched interests. Go Farmers Go. Don’t let the government push you off your land. We need you.

[@peterquennellnyc]

"Don’t let the government push you off your land. We need you." Weird disconnect after you have just said there are technical solutions and entrenched interests. Maybe spell out the systems more & drop the rabble rousing?

[@MarkSmith-ym5td]

An intrenched farming method foisted and incentivised over decades by government/agribusiness is now demonised by the very same people. Farmers are not given the option to transition in an orderly and incentivised way. They are threatened with losing their land and livelihood with the land confiscated by the government and their corporate interests. This a land grab with climate change used as the reasoning. Transition needs to happen but you need to bring the people with you. When you threaten people they will always react negatively. They will always resist. At the very least this has been incredibly poorly communicated and handled. I have worked in climate change Education for years and have a very good grasp of the issues and the challenges. This is an example of what not to do…If, If the government’s intentions are honourable and honest.

[@suzialkamyst4977]

@@peterquennellnyc She mentioned Regenerative Ecological agriculture, which is a solution, as is Permaculture (look them up!) and both of these, which include working with nature, not against nature, do not mean turning away from technology, which can play a big part in farming methods...they just don't need be quite as MASSIVE, but need be used with discernment as does any invention should if we wish to ensure no harm. The 'entrenched interests' mentioned are those of the chemical companies supplying pesticides (they have lots of power and lobbyists) for monoculture farming and also the companies supplying the damaging artificial fertilisers used in mono-culture, which create destructive runoffs into water supplies as does the factory farming of cattle, pigs and chickens and the more recently included goats and ducks.

[@peterquennellnyc]

@@suzialkamyst4977 Sure thing. That's good. So I am sure you can follow this: (1) all innovative new systems are fighting (2) cookie-cutter systems worldwide designed to ensure monopolies. (1) is at the bottom of the S curve, the high value adding part, (2) is at the top of the S curve, the monopolies and corruption part. A way to go is to play it smart by stealth, I found that managing huge programs from within UN including Europe-wide. Are you working hands-on (other than in alchemy ha ha!) ?

[@lennartvandenberg6534]

This is one of the things the dutch government wants to see happening. And the female speaker was saying that. Farmers can change to crop farming instead of being pushed off their land.

[@teresamitchell5285]

I like the way she says that taking the farmers livelihood away and decreasing the food supply will be an “opportunity “

[@christophedobbels8877]

It is honestly an opportunity. Just not for the farmers. Lets be honest. It's very inefficient to have small plots of land scattered around. How are you ever going to automate that in a green way? The government is just playing it dirty trying to get the farmers to give up on farming. in my opinion. I wonder where the land is going from the farmers who sell

[@roberthuffine4068]

Its only an opportunity for Blofeld of the WEF.

[@sandramiller2792]

Go Dutch Farmers. Don’t give up or give in. Support from Canada!

[@Gallienkrueger1]

Canada always has our back, it seems. Thanks. :)

[@karlbillinger9945]

We can live without politicians. We can’t live without farmers.

[@poochyface1]

The work of the globalist looking for control on our food and everything else.

[@gustabeumer688]

Support from everybody. Stand strong. I can not believe that they let themselves be bullied by a government. They are there to SERVE YOU not the other way around.

[@johannesgelens1489]

Support the Dutchies They don't cheat or spread lies But Their government does Openly Over and over

[@taniaherbst9783]

My feeling is that all over the world laws will be made to get land away from farmers, whomever controls food controls all

[@ClaytonBanes]

Whomever said that is right.

[@eliara-thevoice8430]

When the government saya they are going to help....you know the exact opposite is occurring.

[@sarahrobertson4629]

She wants us to eat soy? I can see how industrialized agriculture is causing environmental problems, but replacing livestock with crop production is not the way to go, it's just more industrial agriculture, and we can't just eat the same diet cows eat and be healthy. Livestock is essential to soil health and human health but should be grazing the ground directly, not eating feed in barns. The big problem with dairy is dairy cows are so fragile they can't do that anymore. I found the details in this interview really helpful in terms of understanding wha's going on.

[@OmmerSyssel]

Utter narrow minded nonsense! There is a huge overproduction by these spoiled tax subventioned farmers! The environment, soil, air, drinking water, inner and coastal environment are heavily affected by poison, Nitrates and Phosphor, lead out from their huge production facilities! There is no food shortage in EU, and the majority of production is therefore exported, supported by tax payers money! A completely broken concept burdening society and nature, to support a tiny antisocial minority! Guess who is occupied in their huge farms and driving shiny EU funded machinery.. Antisocial wage dumping Eastern Europeans! All the costs are carried by the society, while contribution is close to zero, except for the intense pollution! Ever lived close to such manure stinking plants? The whole spring and summer is completely ruined by the intense stench. I grew up and worked ten years in a tiny village with more cows and pigs than humans, and know perfectly well what decent farming looks and smells like! No thanks!

[@mattchat2875]

Nitrogen is a natural thing and makes up almost 80% of the gas in the atmosphere. Things are getting dumber and dumber

[@NoChannelChannel]

CO2 .04% of gases in atmosphere not scary enough need new boogie man

[@jaerockchalk3216]

@@NoChannelChannel Klaus fits that boogie man bill . get em !

[@roadrage9191]

Basically they are talking more about Ammoniacal nitrogen, not regular nitrogen in the air. Yes that can be bad, however the scale of bad is debatable and the way they go about "fixing" the problem is deeply stupid.

[@freemanol]

it's not pure nitrogen lol but nitrogen compounds like ammonia. what's getting dumber is people like you who assume others are stupid because you can't understand something

[@kearress7350]

If you do not know the difference between N2 and NH3 it's better not to respond mate...

[@madelinemelocriollo1092]

STAND WITH YOUR FARMERS ❤️🙏 From USA

[@extraspicywasabi]

When the government wants to 'help' and 'fix' something. And when the people revolt, it's time the government listen to the people

[@rejeanbarrette3996]

" NO farmers NO food " how true. A few years ago in Montreal a reporter asked a woman what she thought of the cattle farmers being hit by the BSE virus AFFECTING CATTLE, SHE SAID " WHAT DO I care, I get my meat and grocery from the store" Wow

[@drewm1980]

Plants are delicious and healthy. We can live the good life without dairy or meat.

[@HoldOffHunger]

I like how everyone's really polite, listens to each other, and doesn't interrupt with head-shaking, rolling eyes, or stern glares. Very nice, people!

[@JimiBegbaaji]

The Dutch are cool on many levels.

[@conorwhite2066]

Even the farmers speak perfect English in the NL

[@elaineinarizona6354]

Make sure you smile and be nice when the only people permitted to grow food is Bill Gates GMO farms and China via slave labor. This is about the Globalists and their Wotld order. It is a power grab and Marxists never care about the consequences or the deaths they cause.

[@MrBobberino01]

Too nice, IMO. These decisions to cut food production are going to kill millions globally.

[@SaxSith]

Nothing comes from politeness.

[@supersneakusa4492]

I highly doubt Natasja was ever grown a tomato plant in her life, yet she's a farming expert .... only a crazy idiot would attack the very hand that feeds them. If anything, the government should be sending experts to farms and help farmers improve their operations on an individual basis, not attack them them with crazy unrealistic demands ! The first and best improvement would be getting rid of career politians and their minions like Natasja here.

[@dougyoung221]

Just don't give the ' experts ' any enforcement powers please.

[@kirstinstrand6292]

This is a dangerous, destructive situation. If it succeeds in the Netherlands it will expand elsewhere. FAMINE? WEF ☠💣😡

[@thairatcatcher]

No farmers, No food. God bless them all. Stand strong farmers.

[@angelafloodgate4437]

Cows in Holland are mainly fed on grass. The soja they feed animals is made from the debris that remains after the milk is extracted from the soja. This debris is not suitable for human consumption. Neither is the grass. Cutting livestock wil produce food shortages. It would take years to transition to plant based protein products fit for human consumption. If at all possible in this soil and climate. By that time I think we wil be grateful for even a bug to eat in all the county’s the Netherlands currently supply with dairy.

[@rubendaniel6569]

Hello Angela, how are you doing today

[@dianneh2869]

Everyone should be angry!!! Go Dutch go! Canada 🇨🇦

[@pieterpietersen3517]

We'll never forget Canada. Thank you.

[@MirceaKitsune]

We remember and respect the brave the truckers and how they stood against the biggest attempt in history to impose slavery on a planetary level. Don't let your guard down: They will try again but more people are ready and those in power are running out of tricks!

[@dianneh2869]

@@MirceaKitsune we are getting stronger thanks to the truckers, farmers, bikers, and now James Top. We have some true hero’s here in Canada. Stay strong.

[@GoySlopBurritoBar]

@@pieterpietersen3517 thanks, but the Dutch are showing the world now how to do it properly

[@Wieringa-sl1wy]

🙏🇳🇱🇨🇦💚

[@pipelinecowboy]

Farming isn't broken ! The government here and there is broken!

[@OmmerSyssel]

Of course their production concept is broken! EU is subventioning these polluting farmers with SIXTY BILLION Euros YEARLY! Is that healthy business? Of course not.. The majority of their polluting production is exported, why shall ordinary tax payers pay for such nonsense? Guess who's is working underpaid in their shiny farms and new EU paid machinery? They are to greedy paying local people normal wages and importing antisocial Eastern Europeans! Guess how that societal calculation looks like! Our money in their deep pockets, while zero contribution in return, except for their immense pollution! Thx for nothing! Facts!

[@MsK-xm7vw]

Trudolf just introduced a similar Bill in Canada this week!

[@Cuernavacachica02]

This is how Schwab described the pandemic and everything else involved. It was an opportunity to make the world they want it to be.

[@bertanelson8062]

Thank you for this explanation of the Dutch farmer's situation. Seems to me that the Dutch gov't is following the Davos line of "no one will eat meat." These are dairy farmers, but still, the argument of nitrogen & using people food to feed animals has been floating around for years. Rather than looking to multinational corporations, mining industries, & industrial emissions of all kinds, farmers & cows are targeted. Stay strong, farmers!

[@OmmerSyssel]

Nonsense! How much ecological food are you buying? These EU subventioned farmers are exporting the majority of their products while you are paying for their immense pollution! That's ridiculous and unhealthy in all manners! Do you receive others money for doing nothing useful for society? SIXTY BILLION Euros is EU farmers subventioned YEARLY! Instead of following necessary development and change their polluting production to ecological production. And minimising their impact on our environment! There is no food shortage in EU and we can't ruin our nature, just to export with tax payers money for foreign markets!

[@FlatEarthKiller]

@@OmmerSysselokay? but you will eventually see the effects, spoiled lady

[@wendystuive9049]

It's chaos here, im currently on vacation and it was a pain coming here. I've lived in the Netherlands my whole life. And i've never seen this much chaos in our calm little country... Currently, the farmers are massively supported, the red cloth is the symbol for support of the farmers. You see it everywhere. Plus, Swiss and German people are also coming to our protests.

[@cindypatterson4429]

Go go go Dutch farmers! Holland people STAND With them ! ❤️ from Canada

[@RichardRenes]

Personally, I think they are terrorists right now but hey...

[@MsK-xm7vw]

ALL Canadians stand with them. 💜 By the way, did you yet see the new Bill Trudeau just introduced, it’s the same thing as the Netherlands. It is still being released and hidden by mainstream media… waiting to see the reaction.

[@Thenosferatu1900]

Like we stood with the truckers!

[@ricardocoesel4706]

The WEF dogs are out to do enything for theire globalistic billionairs syndicate MAFFIA and now is the time to shut down that international MAFFIA who is in control of the most governments around the world.

[@Plons0Nard]

I was amazed by the language skills of these farmers 👍🏻🤝🏻😊🇳🇱

[@kamarudski]

Averidge dutch people speak englisch german. French

[@kamarudski]

Oh by the way miss nathasha Oerlemans is talking .BS

[@Testfortest142]

92% of Dutch people speak English

[@burgienl]

@@kamarudski that was to be expected because she was a member of the Animals Party, so against keeping live stock.

[@oholaoholiba6467]

lol

[@deborahrobinson3974]

Farmers need to band together world wide…

[@christiangreene1196]

We don’t need politicians… we do need farmers. Hold fast Dutch farmers. Best of luck from Ireland☘️

[@timkbirchico8542]

The Big Dutch companies, Shell for example, will carry on making more and worse pollution than the farmers do. But the big companies have got the big money honey.

[@jordycorvers7465]

actually, here in the Netherlands the Farmers are responsible for 40% of emissions. that's just the agriculture sector without transports, supermarkets etc. so no. Shell is not a bigger polluter then some of these, they call themselves farmers, but it's really more industrialized manufacturing with livestock as input. if you were to look at one of these companies in person. you're first thought would be "wow, where does all the manure go?" .. there is a huge manure surplus and yet farmers are still pumping fields full of fertilizers. 40% of all energy consumption in the netherlands goes to just 2 companies.. both of them produce fertilizers from natural gas. I would very much like to mention that the farmers that are protesting are almost all owners of large dairy farms... other farmers, like me, are actually very much looking forward to a new set of rules because if certain farmers are willing to destroy their, soils, animal welfare and businesses just to compete... others farmers have no choice but to join in or lose to the competition.

[@OmmerSyssel]

@@jordycorvers7465 well said! Facts seems irrelevant for these hysterical and greedy "farmers".. Whole environment is heavily polluted by their intense overproduction. While the majority of products are exported, subventioned with ordinary tax payers money! Would you be able to live from ecological farming? A healthier production, and easy capable of feeding our societies. Lazy Africans and ongoing chaotic Middle East needs to wake up and take responsibility for their huge over population. We can't ruin our environment and nature to supply rest of the world..

[@metalvideos1961]

Shell is not Dutch anymore. It's from the UK now

[@metalvideos1961]

@@jordycorvers7465 well you speak complete garbage. I am Dutch as well

[@marinarassin4231]

@@jordycorvers7465 i heard a very differend story from a bio + farmer on cafe weltschmerz, so no , besides it all being a scam

[@meetup9408]

Normal day in europe everyone is protesting but they government still busy for war funding 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@melaninbotswana2474]

Hyperinflation and their politicians donating billions to ukraine and their sanctions against russia affecting the livelihoods of their citizens but its like nothing is happening am confused

[@martinvdv5970]

Farmers were told for a long time bigger is better by government, by the Rabobank, by all the companies that catered them etc. Now suddenly they have to shrink 40%. How would you feel if your financial businessplan is based on bigger is better and your stuck with the huge debt ?

[@colleennicholl9810]

Respect and support from Northern Ireland...

[@bulbatyr2159]

why do they only show cows in cages? mate, you go inside to eat and sleep too... i grew up around there, this is my home, everywhere i look there is crops growing or cows outside in football fields eating grass, there is no human alive more caring for animals then dutch farmers trust me on this one! The whole world should learn from them! Dutch farmers are in depts because of years of innovations, but no media writing about the farmer who hang themselfs over the last years.. This is only the beginning

[@Maria-EU]

If you cared for animals, you would not defend the dairy or the meat industry.

[@leviotten]

@@Maria-EU true, but it misses the point. Its not realistic to expect people en mass to completly remove meat, dairy, and eggs from their diet. Thus, changes to the industry that result in less suffering are welcome. any victory is a victory.

[@AviReid]

Thank you for this!!!!!💚🙏🌿

[@williamhansen9456]

@@Maria-EU I bet you either know nothing about the dairy/meat industry or you know nothing about the wild.

[@christopherstein2024]

If cows should live inside because we do, maybe we should also forcefully impregnate our women, takes their baby slaughter them and sell the milk instead.

[@IndigoStargazer]

70 percent of the air we breathe is nitrogen. This is absolutely insane .

[@jimvermeer9451]

It is complete madness

[@lordjim6323]

Hear, hear!👍

[@namelesssnitchy]

you obviously dont know what it is doing to the soil.

[@lordjim6323]

@@namelesssnitchy Well, interesting. Would you care to explain?

[@Butts0hboi]

Seems like these “environmentalists” are basically OCD to a fault.

[@maryannderksen680]

Thank you for sharing what is happening. This information has not reported on main stream media in Canada!

[@rubendaniel6569]

Hello Maryann, how are you doing today

[@emlmm88]

To me the obvious solution would be to provide subsidies to the farmers to offset the costs of transitioning away from current nitrogen use.

[@dennisbouma7606]

We have the cleanest and best farmers of the world. We have to leave the EU.

[@MirceaKitsune]

It's like everyone is stuck, afraid of openly talking about leaving. The EU is a nuthouse, there's no future in such a lunatic organization and their downright insane ideas! Maybe if it could be completely reformed but I highly doubt that will ever be possible... someone will find a way to take over again even if they did.

[@dianneh2869]

I agree, the EU is part of the WEF agenda

[@kotenoklelu3471]

I heard you have best agriculture university in the world. New technologies in agriculture.

[@fallyn2920]

the world flocks to the CAH to learn our craft. We should be proud of the farmers!

[@swerremdjee2769]

Yep we are but if you believe the israelis,they are the best👍✌️

[@reenga3107]

Stands with the Farmers🙏🏽❤️

[@lightale1367]

Support Dutch farmers....love from England

[@Arwar555]

How pathetic of Dutch govt. Without FOOD WE DIE!! Farmers should always be the priority!!

[@willtheoct]

if you watched you wouldve understood that farmers in the netherlands dont actually provide food, while also making it harder to grow food.

[@markhallford3246]

If you start an agenda to diminish livestock and Agriculture worldwide... aka UN Agenda 2030.....Then the likes of Bill ( god) Gates can grab land and start pushing synthetic meats and GMO food.....This then has long term health effects and Pharma can clean up.....To which the likes of again Gates are pushing.......how do people not see what's happening?

[@rudywooders9602]

that thing happens to Greece for 40 years. Farmers were paid by ECM-EU to destroy their vineyards, throw their fruit production in landfills, fishermen to destroy their boats,state fined for excessive cow milk production and for the last 10 years EU banned Greek agriculture products exports in Russia. So Greece that had almost everything domestically produced and had respected exports, today imports almost everything .

[@OmmerSyssel]

I don't believe you! No one hinders Greek farmers producing without EU subventions! Why are you always blaming successful Northern EU for your obvious failures? Why aren't you able to grow efficiently under way better climate..? Aren't you capable of working efficiently and pay taxes to support your society, instead of burdening others with your corrupt culture?

[@rudywooders9602]

@@OmmerSyssel all what I wrote are real. It is not about corruption. Corruption exists in all countries. It is about agenda that is decided by Brussels Bureaucrats of Joint Farming Policy which is handicapping the production volume that leads to longtime shortage and imports. It is obvious that Greece after joining ECM-EU started rapidly to transforming by a livestock-farming-medium business economy into a tourist services one. But still if everything was fair how could be a Greek farmer competitive to Dutch and German farmers who consume energy 5 times cheaper? (prior covid)

[@marinarassin4231]

Yep we all need to eat gates pr8nted meat and insects

[@FlatEarthKiller]

@@OmmerSysselshut up.

[@29Suckit]

The “government” never fixes anything no matter what country you live in.

[@ReadTheBibleAloud]

Is it not amazing what a few bureaucrats can do. I hope that the farmers do everything they have to do to overcome this challenge to their way of life. Maybe it is time to rumble. Revolutions are sometimes neccessary. Unjust governments should fear being overthrown. These bureaucrats want the land for their own purposes.

[@dyzoly]

What Dutch ecosystems are they harming? Holland is all cities, highways and farms.

[@realMoMoPuFF]

Maybe they are thinking about artificial lands took away from the sea? If I remember correctly there are a lot of these kind of places in the Netherlands.

[@ChrysanthsMum]

The truckers should protest alongside the farmers.

[@martintessemaker4556]

They kind of do already and for me as a trucker in nl I support them 100% but I kind of support everybody who is against mark rutte

[@ChrysanthsMum]

@@martintessemaker4556 I support (almost) anyone against the WEF, IMF, UN, etc. UN-elected people should not be allowed to set policy. If they can then our votes count for nothing.

[@SuperNova-Steve]

Good job Rob Mathieson. You gave each person a go. Needed to be an hour. To me it sounds like all the people who don’t or have never worked the land or quite frankly never got there hands dirty, are the ones making the rules for the people that actually do the work. Very little consultation with farmers on how to solve the problem. Politicians are public servants not overlords, they seem to be forgetting this at every level all over the world at the moment.

[@oliviamac8553]

God bless all hard working farmers.🙏💗

[@Amrsingh]

no farmer no food is as true as no fuel no car, keep it up boys Panjabis' are with you

[@vickybadwal9703]

eh kiti gaal paaji , support every farmer

[@SNLandCruisers]

Simple, don't over fertilize and over water. Runoff is the main issue with pollution and nitrogen in waterways. Rotate crops and livestock. Harvest the nutrients the livestock produce. Why am I hearing no mention of Monsanto and other chemical companies who have pushed chemical fertilizers (and worse) for decades? They have made farmers dependent on them through debt.

[@poopsiekins2732]

GREAT COMMENT!!!

[@kotenoklelu3471]

Then you need to be farmer. More people needed to produce farmers

[@tindrums]

are you a farmer?

[@fallyn2920]

monanto mostly involves the crops, not cattle. they don't have the foothold in the netherlands as they do in the usa as we have our one gene editing industry here. Rotating cattle and crop seems nice but is hard to do. Where crops are and cattle depends alot on the type of soil. good ground for crops is rarely used for cattle, whom are kept on poorer or more sandy soils.

[@I_like_Plants130]

Those are American companies not Netherlands

[@joycebaker8903]

I stand with the farmers 👍🏻 it is all very well wanting to plant crops instead of animal agriculture.. but not everyone wants to exchange meat protein for soy products. And.. in the meantime having lived in the Netherlands myself.. most people are happy to hop on a plane to go for their vacantie. And that is entirely acceptable.. it is all very hypocritical

[@marter2006]

Support for Dutch farmers from USA 🇺🇸

[@vytautasnaidicas8028]

For a start they should stop sky spreying "happy trails". Go Netherlands! People are with You!

[@NjoyMoney]

respect from finland, keep it up 💪✊

[@heidiholmberg3504]

💪💖NL ..vaan kuinka meillä😳..

[@NjoyMoney]

@@heidiholmberg3504 Täällä suomessa tykätään huudella somessa mutta mitään konkreettista ei tehdä 😅

[@heidiholmberg3504]

@@NjoyMoney Niin. Ei meillä taida olla sellaisia kansalaisjärjestö ja osuuskunta perinteitä enää käytännössä joiden avulla kansa on joskus verkostoitunut.

[@Starman331]

In between the two world wars, the Soviet Communist party decided farmers were not educated enough to manage the food system. So the government took control, and micro managed everything. The result was millions died of starvation. Pol pot did the exact same in Cambodia, same result.

[@bilgenindogasi9994]

We stand with Dutch Farmers.. God bless you 🙏❤️ Love from Türkiye 🇹🇷 and UK 🇬🇧

[@fwfeo]

Natasha lady sounds like a bureaucrat professional class lecturing the unwashed working class! Netherlands has a high population density and for that small land and so many people, I think they're probably setting standards for emissions in comparison to other countries!

[@CanberraProtest-dm6hu]

Yes an overpaid bullshit artist with no understanding of reality trying to keep her job working for the new world order

[@johnmecham9855]

with $100B in agricultural exports for such a small country, you can't look at the Netherlands in a vacuum.

[@tidtidy4159]

Isn't ammonium nitrate very expensive right now? Maybe its the manure management system that needs changing.

[@charlesprice9382]

You can’t cut something out of the world food growing process without implementing a better or equal solution

[@user-mt8vp7pi5u]

Because Of WEF plans

[@sexygrandpa169]

I live in Holland.. And we are afraid we will be branded as extremist and terrorist soon. thank you all for your suppport.

[@Cabbage22927]

Being branded as a terrorist means nothinf these days. It just means that you can disrupt the governments goals or are a threat to their power. The Canadian government believed that honking your horn is a terroristic act ffs

[@sexygrandpa169]

@@Cabbage22927 Social credit system anyone?

[@Repunzal28]

Over here in Canada aka Chynada we are now terrorist for honking or having a flag flying it's rediculous! Stay strong and Hold the Line we are with you! Light and Love. God Bless

[@samiamcramer4truth]

Then jump a step ahead and become an extremist. You will be accused at any rate. Reputation means nothing in the world of tyranny. Stop the one world satanic movement.

[@marcelkroeze7580]

Liever sterven in het vuur dan langzaam aan uitdoven💪

[@littleturtle587]

I lived in the US, I stand with the farmers all around the World and those to hold the line. Thank you, Sending our prayers. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. ( Thank you for sharing the report)

[@SeanMurphy00]

Seems like the underlying issue in every crisis is the WEF. I find it fascinating they’ve predicted all of these crisis. That alone should tell you they are responsible. Remove them completely and the “crisis” don’t exist

[@yakamoz84]

Next step: the government will look at shutting down greenhouses.

[@zweden821]

They are already shutting down. They can't pay the gas and electricity

[@jollygrapefruit786]

Actually treason

[@johan8724]

Many greenhouses stopped growing foods because of high enery prices

[@Thenosferatu1900]

And climate-lockdowns if the insane EU climate insanity goals are not met.....

[@FloridaGirl-]

And home gardens, and water collection, etc...

[@themadfarmer5207]

No farmers... No food. Ask Zimbabwe,/Rhodesia

[@frybucket]

Nitrogen? That’s an inert gas. 72% of the atmosphere is nitrogen. What about it needs to be regulated?

[@jefferyholcombe5189]

Upstate NY USA this has been in motion for 25-30 years giving almost nothing for the milk price to the point the small farmers spend 110% to operate due to equiptment cost, fuel, seed, and fertilizer cost. They created the problem and now want to push the cost of the problem on the people. Nitrogen on crops from petroleum products harms the natural forms of nitrogen removal like microbes and earthworms! They also knew this and much more that created problems that are being hidden. The problem is lack of transparency with the people.

[@thedukeofholland3926]

The Dutch state needs land in order to build affordable housing for the massive amount of ''refugees'' that is entering the country every single day.

[@equipman811]

There is always an ulterior motive to the Commies that want to take away our freedoms.

[@ClifftopTragedy]

So let's get our food grown in poor countries who don't record the pollution and ship it across the world. So progressive.

[@alecsandru8588]

Yes, that is one part of the true agenda. You can control food easier where are lesser regulations, more money made by an intermediary chain of supply, and leverage because people will have to buy exclusively from supermarkets. Soon EU will ban households to grow stock and plants.

[@ClifftopTragedy]

@@alecsandru8588 For Gaia any sacrifice is justified. What could be more enticing to a wealthy liberal than literally saving the world? But not for their kids coz they probably don't have any. So they have no investment in the future- only in feeling holy and good about themselves now.

[@alecsandru8588]

@@ClifftopTragedy Neah, they want to control and wealth gap as high as the sky. they have no self-esteem-driven public approaches. Gaia is a hoax to appear noble while keeping people at bay. That is why they want socialism in democratic countries, it has been proven as the best form to control your population

[@missf4681]

But look at all the energy resources and pollution used to transport all this food that could be grown locally. It doesn't make sense

[@user-xg8yy7yl1d]

Yep. Reduce your labour costs by outsourcing to a country where slavery is borderline legal and use the environment as an excuse.

[@KRYSSHIA]

I am sure the citizens will know who not to vote for.! Government not farmers are dispensable!

[@yinyang1212]

there is no problem, airport and steelfactory are no problem, rotterdam harbor and chemfactories also no problem, 1 km accros the border there are no problems. its a made up problem by people who dont know were a potato grows

[@havoc7154]

Why are governments always after farmers? Just like in India last year.

[@jburtonca]

Because they want to destroy family farms and consolidate agriculture to their globalist corporations. This is war. We must stop the globalist World Economic Forum.

[@NoChannelChannel]

And Sri Lanka

[@Ad_Astra_321]

Because if they control food, they control the World.

[@radioweebdx7680]

My thoughts exactly. They are creating a food shortage globally. They want people to starve.

[@jburtonca]

@@NoChannelChannel And now the Netherlands.

[@gabriellanataloni6531]

Go Dutch! 👋👋👋👋👋👋Bravo!

[@thatwasprettyneat]

This is why people hate bureaucracy. This woman is talking like a robot; she has talking points that she recites in response to any question. That's not a conversation, which apparently, is not what the Netherlands government wants to have anyway, which is why people have to resort to protest.

[@ibislife]

I stand by the Dutch farmers! 🇳🇴🇾🇪 This is an ongoing debate in Norway also. Reducing farming now is totally insane, in todays world with food shortages. It is a rush amongst the European countries to reach the Paris Agreement, but, it goes too fast. If Netherland cant produce enough food for their people, and even for export to other EU countries, food has to be imported from elsewhere, if possible. This will lead to pollution in other parts of the world and when shipping the food. Why not produce food in areas/countries where the government can spend money on technology to reduce the climate gasses. But remember, as a comparison, the agriculture in Norway is responsible for 4% of the total CO2 emissions. About 80% of the emissions are caused by fossile fuel.

[@Fwo919]

It’s about government wanting control of the people. Fight on farmers the USA people support you

[@Xlsy221]

No, these farmers are selfish bastards destroying our country. They're polluting to the point we have to stop building houses to stay under pollution limits and 80% of their product is exported. I hope some serious actions are taken to stop these farmers.

[@loriloritony511]

Look what 2 weeks of 28 months “to flatten the curve” turned into. CONTROL of the people. Starve the peasants and they will comply for some chocolate cover worms and beetle.

[@namelesssnitchy]

It's not