The Netherlands weighs up its future amid farmer protests and dying ecosystems

When the Dutch government announced plans to buy out farms close to nature reserves and cut the country’s livestock herd by as much as one-third, farmers revolted, staging massive demonstrations and destabilizing politics in the Netherlands.
With the highest density of livestock in Europe, the Netherlands has been in the throes of a years-long crisis over nitrogen emissions from manure, which ecologists say are destroying the country’s ecosystems.
The country's "nitrogen crisis" has polarized the country, raising difficult questions over how to reform unsustainable food systems and offering a preview of what’s to come for other countries as well.
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[@isakjohansson7134]

I take the lack of coverage on all this as a sign of success to the farmers and people

[@Fvpigpen26]

The lack of coverage is because there are no more news outlets, they're all propaganda machines.

[@joshcrowder3385]

Exactly... It's crazy how you search about this topic, most of what comes up first is left leaning coverage.

[@naapsuvaimne740]

atlast they fight

[@rodrigocc290]

if synthetic food is bad for cows, why they are making synthetic meat for humans? This doesn't fell right....

[@gardeningtipsandmore]

There are much worse things going on, such as any plastics (your clothes) and logistics (your car). The netherlands farmers should not be blamed for any of this as giant countries such as India and China have 0 restrictions,

[@user-km2tp5lo7e]

Simply send the excess Nitrogen to Nitrogen deficient countries

[@leonoza7]

is it possible that maybe ..just maybe jan dirk the 16th generation farmer with 1000 of acres of land .. may have his own personal devious , selfish reasons for gov to eliminate competition for him .. ?? also showing a guy around a few dead pine trees that pulls out a book from his living / dining room cabinet is hardly any reason to believe he's legit and an expert .. even when he has a book with big bright colorful pictures

[@markhenry2969]

At 7:34 you see persistent chemtrails. So they are getting it too.

[@robertamaral2349]

I think it's the Chemtrails that are behind all this. They're everywhere here in the U.S. Maybe if they stopped spraying this stuff, we wouldn't have these problems?

[@hausaffe100]

just send it back where the feed came from. problem solved

[@tomislavkurtovic3624]

so lemme get this straight i’m simultaneously supposed to believe the govt has good intentions and the netherlands of all places can’t figure out how to get plant food to plants? hard pass

[@knoll9812]

Not enough land for the amount of manure. Don't know if economic to export

[@amorepsyche808]

@@knoll9812 Who CONTROLS the FOOD CONTROLS THE PEOPLE!” Kissinger head of the WEF. rESIST AT ALL COST

[@markhenry2969]

How much ecological damage is from geoengineering, also known as chemtrails?

[@zakpearce7826]

Idk why you need to make up moronic nonsense about cHeMtRaiLs when there's perfectly harmful combustion byproducts coming out of all fossil-fuel engines.

[@federalnoise]

You know, anytime you hear anything about climate change or any this sort of science BS you can 100% assure yourself that it is total hokum. They are all made, in an attempt to bankrupt governments and farmers alike by corporations. This card has long played out years and years ago and only a truly little compliant fool would submit to this rubbish. It's a gravy boat for a load of charlatans hiding across government roles that are again bought off from the Jews.

[@Fvpigpen26]

None!

[@amorepsyche808]

@@Fvpigpen26 Who CONTROLS the FOOD CONTROLS THE PEOPLE!” Kissinger head of the WEF. rESIST AT ALL COST

[@mel3256]

Farmers need to adapt. Educate the farmers how to farm other products, like produce, hemp, bug protein, etc and to farm in sustainable ways. It is actually completely possible. Real solutions exist. The change is necessary and there are lots of better farming options...we are the only species killing ourselves

[@cinilaknedalm]

You should check out how this all played out in Vojvodina, where faming is king, and they destroyed nearly all wildlife. The entire region has 8% forrest coverage, and that is slowly being wiped out too.

[@Fvpigpen26]

And this is bad how?

[@Fvpigpen26]

And that's a problem because? Nature is always changing isn't it?

[@amorepsyche808]

“Who CONTROLS the FOOD CONTROLS THE PEOPLE!” Kissinger head of the WEF. rESIST AT ALL COST