Mon Feb 6, 2023 – 11:21 am EST
(LifeSiteNews) — The Dutch Farmer Citizen movement, which arose from outrage at plans to close 3000 farms in the Netherlands, was once again in the news this week. Despite reaching fourth place in the polls with a new political party, the Dutch farmers are facing a redoubling of efforts to forcibly close their farms by the liberal government of Mark Rutte.
One of the few leaders to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF), the Dutch prime minister was presented with a Global Citizen Award by Klaus Schwab in 2019, for his dedication to an agenda to promote food poverty.
The environmental argument for the forcible closure of farms rests on the plan to slash nitrogen emissions by 2030. According to Rutte and the WEF, this is best achieved by destroying the agricultural sector of a country which feeds much of the world with its output. Second only to the United States in food exports, the Netherlands is a tremendous success story in maximizing production whilst preserving the kind of community and human-scale bonds which provide the basis for the sudden emergence of organized political opposition.
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