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I'm from the Netherlands and I must agree. The entire article reads as a sponsored item.
by emrvb 4y ago
I'm from the Netherlands and I must agree. The entire article reads as a sponsored item.
- radicalbyte 4y agoWe have the top agri/bio university in the world here too which I assume is a massive plus and an area which is basically Silicon Valley for agri/bio tech (where I live).
- brodouevencode 4y agoWhat's the name of this university?
- Jasp3r 4y agoWageningen University
- brodouevencode 4y agoMaybe a sponsored mea culpa for the protests? https://finance.yahoo.com/news/netherlands-buy-farmers-amid-pushback-162708037.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/netherlands-buy-farmers-amid-...
- emrvb 4y agoThe protests are coming from individual farmers, the article is a feel good story about large(r) companies profiting from those farmers.
- Maarten88 4y agoThose same large agri companies are working behind the scenes to stir up the farmer protests, hiding behind likable small family farmers. See some recent TV commercials to positively frame farmers' image. But many of those farmers are not a small family business anymore, they are very profitable businesses and the owners want to continue making those profits, increasing emissions which are already too high for our very small country.
- whythre 4y ago“But many of those farmers are not a small family business anymore, they are very profitable businesses…” My wife is a small business owner and it is rough as hell. Directing shit at the farmers who actually managed to be successful and grow their operations seems really stupid.
- l3uwin 4y agoNot all small business are farms and not all farms are small businesses
- anigbrowl 4y agoIt's clickbait, that's why they don't put 'the Netherlands' in the headline. It's better to edit a headline when submitting an otherwise interesting story to HN than to perpetuate this sort of marketing-speak.