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60 percent of dutch meat is exported, we can do with a whole lot less.
by Why_O_My 4y ago
60 percent of dutch meat is exported, we can do with a whole lot less.
- mirekrusin 4y agoExported doesn't mean throwing in the trash, somebody is using and depending on it.
- spiderfarmer 4y agoAlso, most of it is only exported for a couple of miles to our nearest neighbors.
- Why_O_My 4y agoI know this meat is still used ofcourse. But with a country as small as ours, there simply are better uses of the space for our country and people.
- spiderfarmer 4y agoThere is no space. The land belongs to the farmers. It’s not up to you to decide what should be done with it.
- Thiez 4y agoPerhaps we can stop their subsidies and see if they're suddenly willing to sell voluntarily.
- mirekrusin 4y agoWe can then have "you won an argument" sticker for breakfast.
- spiderfarmer 4y agoMost NL farmers are in favor of stopping all subsidies if it means that it also stops in other countries. Because unlike in other countries subsidies in NL come with lots of strings attached.
- defrost 4y agoInteresting, but that doesn't particularly address why it's important to keep agricultural skils current and land viable. eg: In a pinch meat animals can be slaughtered and eaten and what they once ate can be fed instead to humans. It's the insurance of being not far removed from near sufficiency.