{"id":123955,"date":"2022-12-30T19:09:21","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T19:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/2022\/12\/30\/whats-really-driving-netherlands-plan-to-shut-down-3000-farms\/"},"modified":"2022-12-30T19:09:21","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T19:09:21","slug":"whats-really-driving-netherlands-plan-to-shut-down-3000-farms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/whats-really-driving-netherlands-plan-to-shut-down-3000-farms\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s Really Driving Netherlands\u2019 Plan To Shut Down 3,000 Farms?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Dutch government said it plans to purchase and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/dutch-govt-attempts-forcibly-close-3000-farms-comply-green-agenda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">forcibly shut down<\/a> up to 3,000 farms it deems \u201cpeak polluters\u201d in order to cut ammonia and nitrous oxide emissions in half by 2030, as required by EU environmental regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Parliamentarian Johan Remkes, who has been negotiating with farmers for the government, said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutchnews.nl\/news\/2022\/10\/up-to-600-farms-will-have-to-go-to-kick-start-nitrogen-cutbacks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">farmers have options<\/a> \u2014 they can drastically innovate farming practices, shift to a different type of business, relocate or voluntarily stop farming.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.government.nl\/government\/members-of-cabinet\/christianne-van-der-wal-zeggelink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christianne van der Wal-Zeggelink<\/a>, minister for nature and nitrogen policy, said the government will offer to purchase farms at more than 100% of their value, but if voluntary efforts fail, farmers will face forced buyouts.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement follows <a href=\"https:\/\/childrenshealthdefense.org\/defender\/dutch-farmers-protest-climate-policies-global-hunger-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">months of farmer protests<\/a> across the country against climate policies they say will force them to kill off livestock and will drive them out of business \u2014 policies that some argue also will drive up <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2022\/06\/11\/business\/food-prices-may-cpi\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">consumer food prices<\/a> and contribute to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2022\/06\/28\/oxfam-condemns-g7-leaving-millions-starve-global-hunger-surges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">global hunger crisis<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dutch government said it plans to purchase and forcibly shut down up to 3,000 farms it deems \u201cpeak polluters\u201d in order to cut ammonia and nitrous oxide emissions in half by 2030, as required by EU environmental regulations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":123956,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1031],"tags":[],"organicbytes":[],"countries":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What\u2019s Really Driving Netherlands\u2019 Plan To Shut Down 3,000 Farms? 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