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They (Disclaimer: like me) are for a massive reduction in farming. In the Netherlands, we produce insane amounts of beef, milk, and pork. There's far more pigs
by berkes 3y ago
They (Disclaimer: like me) are for a massive reduction in farming. In the Netherlands, we produce insane amounts of beef, milk, and pork. There's far more pigs than humans in The Netherlands. Most produce is exported. But the "shit" (literally too) remains. The proteins to produce all that meat is imported.
Reducing that to 50% will still be enough for net export, but solve the nitrogen crisis within years. It will, however, cause several thousands of farmers to have to stop or move to another business model (e.g. organic farming). Something they violently refuse to even consider.
- berkes 3y agoAnd fighting: no. Literally. Farmers beat up people, block roads, drive over police corridors with tractors, have rammed through the doors of a local parliament with tractors. It's exceptionally violent and nasty. All triggered by law suits in which individuals and orgs forced the governments to actually start upholding their own laws wrt nitrogen deposits. It the quickly spiralled into actual violence, blockades, and grim protests.
- 082349872349872 3y agoWat is er gebeurd? Maar dat is niet normaal! As an anglophone, I'd say the farmers (for people who are at least metaphorically your neighbours) are acting rather ... boorish. (this explains the anti-immigration platforms: the farmers, deep in their hearts, know that if they keep on carrying on like this some dark-skinned individual will stuff them in a sack and take them by the slow boat to Spain)