Dutch Farmers Protest Policies That Could Drive Them Out of Business and Fuel Global Food Shortages

Dutch Farmers Protest Policies That Could Drive Them Out of Business and Fuel Global Food Shortages
Tractors drive down the A1 highway between Apeldoorn and Stroe "No Farmer No Food"Photo by SEM VAN DER WAL/ANP/AFP via Getty Images
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Dutch farmers are protesting new climate policies they say will force them to kill off livestock and drive them out of business — policies which some argue also will drive up consumer food prices and contribute to the global hunger crisis.
The new Dutch policy stems from a 2019 court order that nitrogen-compound pollution in the Netherlands “will have to be cut by 70% to 80%.”
Michael Nevradakis, The Defender
Michael Nevradakis, The Defender
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Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D., is an independent journalist and researcher based in Athens, Greece. He completed his Ph.D. in media studies at the University of Texas in 2018 and holds a master's degree in public policy from Stony Brook University.
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