Tag: Dutch farmers

Not Just the Farmers’ Fight

The EU’s increasingly stringent environmental laws, already responsible for putting many farmers out of business, is something all should worry about if we value easy access to affordable food.

EU Nature Restoration Law Set To Reignite Dutch Farmer Protests

Recent protests in the Netherlands could just be the first firing shot in a wave of discontent after the European Parliament passed the Nature Restoration Law yesterday, despite conservative warnings that it would play into the hands of populists.

Brussels Backs Forced Buyouts of Dutch Farmers

Dutch journalist Eva Vlaardingerbroek has compared the government’s decision to holding a “knife to the farmers’ throats,” with officials still considering the use of mandatory purchase orders on up to 3,000 farms.