Anne's Daily Encounters

By dutchdelight

Upside Down

The Dutch Tricolore still stands upside down in most rural regions as in protest against the government's policy of the nitrogen problems. 

The Netherlands is one of the largest meat exporters in the world. we must now ask ourselves whether that is a 'logical' position for a small, densely populated country. Dairy farming currently takes up 60 percent of the agricultural area. It is estimated that the nitrogen rules could force 30 percent of farmers to stop. That is a large group, for which the consequences are far-reaching. After all, being a farmer is a way of life with everything that goes with it; hence the ongoing protests here.

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