Dutch
farmers are heading to the capital Amsterdam tomorrow 23rd July 2022 for a
massive protest against the government's climate change measures claimed to
curb nitrogen emissions.
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| Routes for demonstrators' tractors and vehicles decorated with supportive messages / Faith Reporters |
The
Dutch government seeks to cut nitrogen oxide and ammonia pollutants by 50
percent by 2030 with measures that trample over the country’s measures that
saved the Netherlands from starvation and famine post-WWII.
According to the
Science journal, “Dutch farms contain four times more animal biomass per
hectare than the European Union average” and “Dutch agriculture is
responsible for nearly half of nitrogen pollution that falls in the country”.
The so-called climate-friendly regulations may force farmers to cut production and herd numbers by up
to 30 percent to meet emission requirements by the state.
On farms near
national parks, the government plans to cut greenhouse gas nitrogen by up to 70
percent claiming that ecosystems have been damaged by nitrogen pollution.
“I don’t think I
have a future in farming because we must reduce our cattle by 70 percent. With
only 80 cows, this won’t be profitable, so we will have to close,” Jessee
Baars, a young Dutch dairy farmer, told France 24 during protests last week.
Thousands of
farmers in the Netherlands have been protesting against the measures announced in June
2022, taking to the highways and cities on their tractors.
A country that
is 270 times smaller than the United States, the Netherlands is the second-largest
exporter of agricultural products in the world next to the United States.
On 11th July
2022, a fire broke out at Picnic Grocery store in Eastern Netherlands which has
been linked to Bill Gate’s synthetic meat store.
This week, social
media circulated a video in which Dutch farmers named WEF, Rockefellers, Rothschild,
Gates, Schwab, Mark and Hugo as the guys playing the tunes that their government
is dancing to.
Like it was with
the Canadian Freedom Convoy, the Netherland farmers have motivated other
farmers from other parts of the world to revolt against governments’ measures that
oppress them in the name of climate crises.
The Netherlands
intensified its agricultural produce after WWII when tens of thousands succumbed
to hunger and starvation due to the Nazis who had occupied the country during
the war.
After World War
II, the country focused on intensifying farming efficient farming methods which
have been improved over time, making Netherland the largest food producer in the
world compared to the country’s land size and population.
Farmers want to
defend themselves against the current government that wants to deny them their rights
to practice agriculture and sustain their families.
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