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So because some people are shitting in their kitchen, it isn't a bad idea to do so as well? On a more serious note though, much of the agriculture in the Nethe
by mosselman 7y ago
So because some people are shitting in their kitchen, it isn't a bad idea to do so as well?
On a more serious note though, much of the agriculture in the Netherlands is the production of meat, especially pork, for export. This is by far the biggest source of pollution. I'd rather live with less animal farmers and more Natura2000 areas than the other way around.
- teekert 7y agoWell, if us Dutch people stop shitting in our kitchen, we import food from other countries shitting in their kitchen, plus we now have extra fuel to burn to get the food here.
- blunte 7y agoActually, Dutch export most of their food and turn around and import cheaper food from far away (Spain and Brazil being two common sources). Check it out at the grocery store sometime. It's not so easy to find the nice Dutch produce (the Germans are enjoying it!)
- Mediterraneo10 7y ago> It's not so easy to find the nice Dutch produce (the Germans are enjoying it!) Wait, is Dutch produce supposed to be nice? I know that in Germany, Dutch tomatoes are disparaged as "Wasserbomben", and in Romania the Dutch vegetables are the cheap supermarket stuff that you buy if you don’t a chance to pass by the marketplace and buy something locally grown.
- vanviegen 7y agoDutch greenhouses are in fact capable of producing "Wasserbomben" as well as quality produce -- at a higher price point. Unfortunately, supermarkets in most parts of the world have decided they prefer the former.
- eecc 7y agoItalian immigrant here: let me tell you something. NL may cultivate and export the most mass of agricultural products, but there’s nothing the lit greenhouses you see taking off from Schiphol can do to best the sun scorching the skin of a tomato growing in Puglia. The metabolism it has to crank up 200% to defend against such constant environmental aggression is something irrepetable you can smell and taste.
- olau 7y agoThis is the reason I've stopped buying red peppers in the summer when the local super market starts importing them from Netherlands. In the winter, they import them from Spain. The quality difference is staggering. My own country is also great at mass producing poor quality food in the sense of taste - in other terms of look, feel and uniformity it's great. I'm not convinced they couldn't produce great taste in Netherlands, though, if they put their mind to it. I think it's more of a bug in the market mechanisms. But it's depressing for sure. I root for the day small-scale shipping is automated and solved for good, and then I can be the one deciding who I'm buying peppers from.
- danieldk 7y agoWe are the biggest exporter of agricultural products after the US, which is insane given the size of our country: https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/actueel/nieuws/2019/01/18/nederlandse-export-landbouwproducten-in-2018-ruim-90-miljard https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/actueel/nieuws/2019/01/18/neder... There is no need to import food, we could just start exporting less.
- the-dude 7y agoDo you agree that your analogy is very very far fetched? If the analogy would hold up just a little bit, all this nature already would have perished, right? This is about the subtle opinion of some green leaning people who think it is not the 'right' nature which is growing in the Natura2000 areas right know. Nothing catastrophic, just a purely intellectual debate.
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- erikpukinskis 7y agoWell there are many important differences between plants and animals so... sounds like they have a reasonable basis for concern.