[spiderfarmer]

This piece, from a foreign media outlet is the only positive story about Dutch agriculture I saw in nearly a month. The last one was about how little antibiotics we use compared to the rest of the world.

Stories about how our farmers are bad? Missed the whole fipronil hype that completely unsubstantiated?

Talk to a farmer. Ask him who speaks for him nowadays. The lobby is "doodgepoldert". There is none.

Check how the NPO, Wakker Dier, Pvdd, Milieudefensie and Greenpeace are connected and you'll see the size of that lobby.

[rocqua]

I'd like a quote on the NPO there. That is a public non-partisan institution.

[spiderfarmer]

The links are quite clear and they are proudly advertising it.

https://www.nieuweoogst.nu/nieuws/2017/01/19/objectieve-jour...

[rocqua]

That reads more like propaganda than anything I've ever seen come out of the NOS.

It is however interesting that there is overlap between stichting wakker dier membership and producers of NPO shows. Moreover it is very worrying that Diederik Stapel has any public advisory function. I wouldn't call this 'evidence of close organizational ties' though.