Posted on 07/30/2022 11:20:06 AM PDT by dennisw
Deventer, The Netherlands
Hay bales in flames, manure dumped on highways, blockades at supermarket distribution centres and demonstrations on politicians' doorsteps.
Dutch farmers have been generating global headlines with protests described by Prime Minister Mark Rutte as "wilfully endangering others, damaging our infrastructure and threatening people who help with the clean-up".
This proud farming nation is under immense pressure to make radical changes to cut harmful emissions, and some farmers fear their livelihoods will be obliterated.
"It's in our blood, I want to do this, and if we have to adapt to new situations, I want to, but we have to be fair, it takes time - give me a chance," says Geertjan Kloosterboer, a third-generation dairy farmer.
We are standing in his recently built barn, surrounded by red and white cows, as his eldest son sweeps past us on a small digger.
I ask if Geertjan sees a future for his children in farming.
"I don't know if that's what they want. When we talk about farming it's just stress. But I want them to have a choice, not for the government to make that choice for them."
Dutch government proposals for tackling nitrogen emissions indicate a radical cut in livestock - they estimate 11,200 farms will have to close and another 17,600 farmers will have to significantly reduce their livestock.
Other proposals include a reduction in intensive farming and the conversion to sustainable "green farms".
As such, the relocation or buyout of farmers is almost inevitable, but forced buyouts are a scenario many hope to avoid.
The cabinet has allocated €25bn (£20bn) to slicing nitrogen emissions within the farming industry by 2030, and the targets for specific areas and provinces have been laid out in a colour-coded map.
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They are fighting for their livelihood.
It’s no big mystery.
It’s all about a global Holodomor.
If thy do not actually fight, like shoot the bastards, the establishment will just sit it our. They will eventually dissipate or lose active popular support and then the police and/or army can start moving them out of the way and expropriate their farms.
Way-way-way-wait. . . If you're not supposed to do manufacturing, and you're not supposed to shoot guns at Bambi, and you're not supposed to farm. . . how do you eat?
Communist Dutch government proposals will destroy the economy, cause famine, and do NOTHING to slow down or change the climate.
Water vapor, interacting with the Sun is the cause of climate change, not power hungry politicians.
I agree, they will tamp this down and the farmers will be done. Nice guys aren’t going to win this battle which is for humanity.
MSM will never report it straight.
I have heard all Dutch farm would have to close, because the remaining 2/3s won’t be able to compete with foreign farms. None of them will be profitable.
Their livelihood is feeding the Dutch people. Should the farmers lose, the Dutch will lose.
Stommelingen.
Soylent green.
Be patient.
global communists have been predicting famine, pestilence and chaos for 50 years. Their predictions have failed every single time. They are therefore going to manufacture it, blame it on climate change, say “i told you so” and then write history around it.
It’s clear to anyone who’s watching.
We’ll be doing it here soon if the IRA bill gets signed by Biden.
I'm really beginning to hate the number 30
Treudeau and Dutch PM Rutte
During the height of the "pandemic," Justin Trudeau and Dutch PM Mark Rutte got drunk and partied together at a bar in Europe. I wonder if they talked about their favourite police tactics for shutting down peaceful protest.
There’s always been those groups, CFR, Bilderberg and others but this WEF seems to actually be having major effects on the world. Maybe they all did but it was kept secret and now, the globalists are bold enough to be out in the open now. They must figure they have enough things and people under their control now.
I’ve yet to hear any plan to counter them aside from using cash as much as possible and to set up local systems. Problem is, the masses haven’t a clue about Klaus and co. That and some are on board thinking it will save the planet.
As in the UK, sell your farm or have it taken.
As in the UK, sell your farm or have it taken.
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