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Re:Cutting-edge tech made this tiny country a major exporter... by emrvb on Monday November 28, 2022 @08:16AM (#33773235)
I'm from the Netherlands and I must agree. The entire article reads as a sponsored item.
Re:Cutting-edge tech made this tiny country a major exporter... by radicalbyte on Monday November 28, 2022 @10:08AM (#33774527)
We 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).
Re:Cutting-edge tech made this tiny country a major exporter... by brodouevencode on Monday November 28, 2022 @10:15AM (#33774607)
What's the name of this university?
Re:Cutting-edge tech made this tiny country a major exporter... by Jasp3r on Monday November 28, 2022 @10:19AM (#33774659)
Wageningen University
Re:Cutting-edge tech made this tiny country a major exporter... by brodouevencode on Monday November 28, 2022 @10:14AM (#33774598)
Maybe a sponsored mea culpa for the protests? https://finance.yahoo.com/news/netherlands-buy-farmers-amid-...
Re:Cutting-edge tech made this tiny country a major exporter... by emrvb on Monday November 28, 2022 @10:54AM (#33775147)
The protests are coming from individual farmers, the article is a feel good story about large(r) companies profiting from those farmers.
Re:Cutting-edge tech made this tiny country a major exporter... by Maarten88 on Monday November 28, 2022 @12:23PM (#33776407)
Those 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.
Re:Cutting-edge tech made this tiny country a major exporter... by whythre on Monday November 28, 2022 @04:04PM (#33779616)
“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.
Re:Cutting-edge tech made this tiny country a major exporter... by l3uwin on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @01:39AM (#33784378)
Not all small business are farms and not all farms are small businesses
Re:Cutting-edge tech made this tiny country a major exporter... by anigbrowl on Monday November 28, 2022 @12:54PM (#33776903)
It'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.