EU Backs Plan To Forcibly Sequester Thousands Of Farms In Netherlands To Achieve Climate Goals, Replacing Supplies With “Food Innovation Hubs”

After relentless pressure from the government and resistance by farmers, the European Union Commission backed a new plan by the Dutch government on May 2nd that would compensate livestock farmers with better buyouts than offered beforehand, if the farmers voluntarily agree to give up their land in certain areas of The Netherlands in a bid to reduce nitrogen emissions by 2030.

But there is a catch: those affected who do not comply will have their land forcibly sequestered from them. Of this, ‘some 3,000 farms are expected to be eligible,’ Euro News reports.

Moreover, a provision in the legislation states that if an affected farmer is shutdown, he or she will not be allowed to restart in The Netherlands or anywhere else in the EU states.

This new €1.47 billion ($1.62 billion) action plan is part of the much larger the European Green Deal.

Instead, Prime Minister Mark Rutte explained that the country and other countries will be utilizing “food innovation hubs” in collaboration with the World Economic Forum, to make up for the loss in food that will no longer be produced.

The Commission details their actions in a press release (emphasis theirs):

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The Netherlands notified the Commission of its plans to adopt two schemes, called LBV and LBV plus, to compensate livestock farmers for the voluntary definitive closure of livestock husbandry sites in the overburdened Natura 2000 areas, as defined in the national legislation.

The schemes, which can run until 27 February 2028, are open to small and medium-sized livestock farmers in the Netherlands that voluntary close their breeding sites, provided that their current nitrogen deposition load exceed certain minimum levels.  

Under the €500 million LBV scheme, the aid will take the form of direct grants to compensate up to 100% of the losses incurred by farmers who decide to close their dairy cattle, pig and poultry breeding sites, in particular relating to the loss of production capacity and of production rights.  Depending on the area where the breeding site is situated, to be eligible under the LBV scheme, the breeding site concerned has to have certain minimum levels of nitrogen deposition load per year.

The €975 million LBV plus scheme will be open to so-called peak-load emitting breeding sites who emit a high level of nitrogen per year, fixed as a minimum level. As the LBV scheme, it will also be open to farmers breeding dairy cattle, pigs and poultry and, in addition, to farmers breeding veal calves. Also under this measure, the aid will take the form of direct grants to compensate up to 100% of the losses incurred by farmers who decide to close their breeding sites, in particular in relation to the loss of production rights as well as to demolition costs. As regards the loss of production capacity, under the LBV plus scheme, the farmers concerned may receive up to 120% as compensation.

Under the schemes, the beneficiaries guarantee that the closure of their production capacity is definitive and irreversible, and that they will not start the same breeding activity elsewhere in the Netherlands or within the EU.

The Commission’s assessment 

The Commission assessed the schemes under EU State aid rules, in particular Article 107(3)(c) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (‘TFEU’) and under the 2023 Guidelines for State aid in the agricultural and forestry sectors and in rural areas. The Commission found that:

• The aid facilitates the closure of certain sites, in favour of the sustainable and environmentally friendly development of livestock farming. At the same time, it supports the objectives of key EU policy initiatives such as the European Green Deal.
• The schemes are necessary and appropriate to improve the environmental conditions of the targeted areas and to allow a high quality, sustainable and environmentally friendly production. In addition, the aid is proportionate, as it is limited to the minimum necessary.
• The aid brings about positive effects that outweigh any potential distortion of competition and trade in the EU.  Moreover, the beneficiaries commit to the definitive closure of their livestock production. This commitment also binds any future purchaser or user of the livestock site concerned.

On this basis, the Commission approved the Dutch schemes under EU State aid rules.

The €1.47 billion Dutch schemes we approved today will facilitate the voluntary closure of livestock farming sites with substantive nitrogen deposition on nature conservation areas.

The schemes will improve the environment conditions in those areas and will promote a more sustainable and environmentally friendly production in the livestock sector, without unduly distorting competition.

Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President in charge of competition policy

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In response to the new regulations Eva Vlaardingerbroek, an activist and a popular face for a resistance movement of farmers and protestors that are fighting hard against these climate goals, issued a statement on Twitter:

This is how they do it: they put a knife to the farmers’ throats. They make sure they don’t get their licenses renewed, they’re plaguing them with new rules & restrictions every day and then offer them a bride, knowing many will take it out of pure desperation. It’s all so vile.

I also highly doubt that prohibiting them to start over elsewhere in the EU is even legal. The whole idea of the EU was supposed to be about freedom of movement and freedom of workers. This is some next level USSR stuff.

She also retweeted an interview with one of these affected farmers, who broke into tears when he explained that he will be unable to pass his farm down to his children.

https://twitter.com/EvaVlaar/status/1656276534351613952?s=20

Swedish journalist Peter Sweden also reached out to a younger farmer affected by this move by the governments, bemoaning he will lose the family farm because of this, warning that now their will be a massive loss of food in the country and to the rest of Europe.

https://twitter.com/PeterSweden7/status/1654072220488966144?s=20

The World Economic And Food Innovation Hubs

‘The Netherlands may be a small country in terms of geographic size and population (about the size of the state of Maryland). But its cutting-edge technology and superior farming knowledge have made it the second largest exporter of agricultural food products to the world, behind only the United States,’ The Trends Journal reported, adding that ‘besides innovating with vertical farming, seed technology, and robotics in harvesting and milking, Dutch farmers also lead in efficient water usage, and in reduced methane and carbon emissions.’

Prime Minister Mark Rutte, however, has indicated that the future of food supplies will come from four global hubs and food conglomerates in the world, citing a piece by the World Economic Forum as to how this would work.

https://twitter.com/BernieSpofforth/status/1655881605590728705?s=20

According to a post on the WEF’s website, “food innovation hubs” are “a multistakeholder, precompetitive and market-based partnership platform aimed at strengthening local innovation ecosystems to sustainably scale innovative solutions for food systems transformation.”

Food Innovation Hubs are the next phase of the World Economic Forum’s Innovation with a purpose platform and a flagship initiative of the Forum’s Food Action Alliance. The Food Innovation Hubs are founded by partners from governments, private sector, innovators, entrepreneurs, farmer organizations, civil society, international organizations and others.

The Food Innovation Hubs are partnership platforms that connect across various ecosystem actors to foster partnerships and networks that unlocks investments, stimulates innovation and collectively works to de-bottleneck barriers.

Each hub will be locally owned and governed.

The WEF says

The WEF explains that these hubs have three primary functions: Foster and cultivate food systems innovation; Support delivery and adoption of innovations at scale; Develop a community of practice to share learnings and build capacity.

The Forum also acknowledges that “the Food Innovation Hubs are supported by a Global Coordinating Secretariat (GCS) hosted by World Economic Forum, based in Wageningen, The Netherlands.” This GCS partnership will enable the creation of more hubs and their functionality, and “stimulates adoption of innovation and creates a global network and learning environment.”

Other hubs are being built in Europe, along with places like Colombia and India, and plans to create some in Zambia, Kenya, Ethiopia and Vietnam.

The WinePress has been documenting these ongoing trials and tribulations in The Netherlands, going as far back as September 2021 when these initial nitrogen emissions guidelines were proposed. When the government began to try and implement these farmland sequestration ploys in 2022, many farmers and sympathizers protested and took the fight to the politicians, occupying public grounds and parking tractors on politician’s properties. Police responded accordingly and even shot at a farmer at one point, while others have been arrested.

The stress has been so great some farmers took their own lives.

In March a new populist party was able to achieve enough seats in the Dutch Parliament to potentially overturn some of these climate mandates, but now it appears that victory was futile.

Moreover, The WP has noted that his move to sequester upwards of a 3,000 farms or so is possibly more than just about meeting arbitrary climate goals. In 2017 blueprints to create a large interconnected smart city were released, connecting The Netherlands to other European states and cities together called Tristate City Network, housing around 30-45 million people. Though it is not entirely known if this is the reason why so many farms have to go in The Netherlands, this may provide potential link as to why.

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AUTHOR COMMENTARY

In March when the “Farmers Defense Force,” the “Farmer Citizen Movement,” and the “BoerBurgerBeweging (BBB),” were able to nab enough seats in the Parliamentary to hopefully turn back some of the climate regulations, I warned “caution needs to be exercised here. A LOT can happen in the next few months and can ruin all that has been achieved, especially after “the men in black” pay these politicians a visit and tell them “how it’s going to work,” if you get what I mean.” And unfortunately that has come true. It was really just all for naught.

[1] Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; [2] Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; [3] Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

1 Timothy 4:1-3

We are seeing a fulfillment of prophecy unfolding before our eyes, and the Dutch are the first to really draw the short end of the stick of this; and because of that, the food shortages this will create down the road will be greatly felt.

But hey, Santa Klaus is coming to town and maybe if your social credit score is high enough he’ll put some bugs in your stocking this season!

A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

Proverbs 28:3

These satanists are going to burn in hell for their wickedness.

But for now, these creeps are being used as vessels to judge a people and a world that rejects Jesus Christ and his word. I have talked about this in other reports regarding the Dutch protests; and until there is genuine repentance this stuff will only get worse.

[9] By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty. [10] But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night; [11] Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven? [12] There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men. [13] Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

Job 35:9-13

So, if you are Dutch or an European or anyone else who is against these acts of tyranny, share this sobering message so that people may just actually examine themselves.

Peter Sweden said in another tweet:

The Dutch farmers should be a warning.

The government is going to essentially seize thousands of farms in the name of climate goals. Seizing land from farmers just like the Communists.

his will be coming to a country near you. Agenda 2030.

Resist

And he’s dead-on. It’s coming to a country near you, and therefore you must ready yourself and stand ready to fight this stuff.

The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Proverbs 28:1

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[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).

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