Reply #19: Dutch farmers [View All]

[Pippi]

Farming is not illegal in the Netherlands. The Netherlands is urbanizing rapidly and running out of land, squeezing farmers off their land. Even where land is available, it's usually too expensive for Dutch farmers to buy. On the other hand, those who sell their land can end up with enough money to make a fresh start with land in a new country. So some farmers are selling their farms in the Netherlands and buying much bigger farms in the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Argentina or New Zealand. "Big" does not equate to "bad," just as "immigrant" does not equate to "bad." Those farms are family farms, just like 98-99 percent of all U.S. farms. I am not Dutch, nor am I a farmer. I'm just someone who speaks from facts rather than emotion.