Manufactured Food Crisis: 3,000 Farms to be Shut Down in the Netherlands

The Global War on Farmers just keeps chugging along. For instance, as you likely know, farmers in the Netherlands have been taking a stand for the past year now, and protesting against their government’s crackdown on the agricultural industry.

Since last year, they have been using their tractors to block traffic, shut down distribution centers, and peacefully protest against the Dutch government’s Green Agenda—an agenda that would shut down somewhere around 40 to 50 percent of the farms in the country.

However, after over a year of protests, the Dutch government appears to not really care. Which is rather bewildering when you consider the results of the most recent election. That’s because, just a few weeks ago, in March, elections were held across the entirety of the country. And a newly formed party called the Farmer–Citizen Movement party, became the single largest party in the Dutch Senate. So many people voted for them, that they went from having zero seats in the Senate, to have 17.

However, despite this electoral surge—the Dutch government is actually doubling down on its green agenda. In fact, just yesterday, the Dutch Prime Minister vowed to accelerate the implementation of the EU green agenda and force the farmers to cut their nitrogen emissions by at least 50 percent by the end of the decade.

And at the same time, under a new scheme that the government implemented back in October, 3,000 farms are about to be closed down across the country—and that’s only the beginning. And so, in order to get a clearer picture of what’s going on with the farmers, I took the opportunity to sit down and speak with Mr. Rob Roos—he’s a Dutch member of the European Parliament.