Farmers´ Protests in the Netherlands – what's behind them?

16.11.2022 | www.kla.tv/24161

Public media have paid little attention to the ongoing protest actions by Dutch farmers since early July. These were triggered by the Nitrogen Plan, which was introduced by Christianne van der Wal, Dutch Minister for Nature and Nitrogen Policy, in early June. The plan provides for a reduction of between 12 and 95 percent in nitrogen emissions depending on the respective province, which is said to halve ammonia pollution by 2030. In practice, this would mean banning the use of nitrogenous fertilizers and reducing the number of cattle a farmer is allowed to keep by 30 percent. This is because the urea excreted by the livestock which is released into the environment in the form of manure, is converted into ammonia. According to government estimates, the measures would force approximately 30 percent of the currently about 53,000 farms to close down, mainly smaller farms and family farms. This plan has caused great resentment among farmers in the Netherlands. They feel betrayed because they abided by all the prescribed rules and made sustainable investments. They are missing an agriculture perspective. Ever since the government’s move, they have been drawing attention to themselves with various protest actions: They have repeatedly blocked roads as well as entrances to supermarkets and have assembled in front of government buildings to make their displeasure known. However, could it be that there is a lot more behind these alleged environmental protection measures? And why is it that these measures are being pushed in times of looming food shortages due to the Ukraine conflict? Should not a surplus of food be the goal of global policies? The Netherlands are not the only country in which farms are facing ruin. The investigative portal “OffGuardian” reports for instance that in both the UK and the US, programs have been set up to pay farmers off for quitting their jobs and making their land disposable to the state. In the US, more than 35.2 million hectares of farmland have already been sold to investors. Under the pretext of bird flu, millions of chickens have been exterminated in the USA, the world’s largest exporter of chickens and eggs, but also in France, Canada and Great Britain. In addition, the price of gas and oil has been rising for some time. Along with the anti-Russian sanctions, which will almost inevitably cause an outage of gas and oil, this development puts pressure on farmers, who already work at minimum subsistence levels. Often, they can no longer afford the increased fuel and energy costs. Dairies are also sounding the alarm. Milk cannot be processed without gas. Cheese, milk and butter might be missing on supermarket shelves in the future. All things considered, a food supply catastrophe in the West is looming ahead. Is this a coincidence or perhaps brought about on purpose? On July 28th 2020, the Rockefeller Foundation released the report “Reset the Table: Meeting the Moment to Transform the US Food System”. The report speaks of very serious impacts on the food supply that did not even exist at the time. The Rockefeller Foundation regarded the total transformation of the entire food system and its associated supply chains as solution to the crisis. Just one month earlier, the World Economic Forum (WEF) announced the “Great Reset” entailing a similar vision. For this, the WEF, together with the UN, published a joint report entitled “Transforming Food Systems: Pathways for country-led innovations”. It addresses digitization and centralization of food production as a major key. Craig Rucker, executive director of the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) told the Epoch Times that the UN, the WEF and large corporations, such as BlackRock and Vanguard, are working together in order to take control of the world-wide food production. Indeed, this development is currently visible in Ukraine, where the agribusiness and biotech giants Monsanto, DuPont and Cargill are acquiring huge amounts of arable land. Together, these US companies have already purchased approximately 17 million hectares of farmland in eastern and southern Ukraine. In the case of Monsanto and DuPont, BlackRock and Vanguard are the main shareholders. But let us get back to the farmers’ protests in the Netherlands: Seen from this perspective, do the government’s measures really serve to “save nature” and “fight climate change”? Or are we spectators of the practical implementation of the WEF’s goals implying a centralization of food production? This should be narrowly observed further on.

from sak./faj.

Sources/Links: Nitrogen Plan Netherlands: https://www.fr.de/wirtschaft/es-regnet-guelle-91642724.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZE6f_ccQsc
https://www.schweizerbauer.ch/politik-wirtschaft/international/rechtsextreme-und-die-bauernproteste/
https://ansage.org/bauernkriege-2-0/
https://www.bafu.admin.ch/bafu/de/home/themen/luft/fachinformationen/luftschadstoffquellen/landwirtschaft-als-luftschadstoffquelle.html
https://uncutnews.ch/experten-weltwirtschaftsforum-steckt-hinter-globalem-krieg-gegen-die-bauern/
Collapse of food production: https://off-guardian.org/2022/06/29/theyre-coming-for-your-backyard-chickens/
https://off-guardian.org/2022/04/25/5-signs-they-are-creating-a-food-crisis/
https://uncutnews.ch/das-neue-kontrollierte-lebensmittelsystem-ist-jetzt-in-kraft-und-sie-werden-vor-nichts-halt-machen-um-ihre-kontrolle-zu-erweitern/