[hfsh]

Wow, that's quite an unfortunate name to use for a farming co-op. You can tell it wasn't started in the North of the country where the historical 'herenboeren' were an actual thing.

[spiderfarmer]

People are pining for the romantic past where uneducated peasants were living like slaves doing back braking work for their herenboer. OP should read up on the history here: https://ottoknot.home.xs4all.nl/werk/1929.html

[Aicy]

I'm not familiar with Dutch, why is it an unfortunate name?

[spiderfarmer]

In some regions Herenboeren caused a segregated society on the level of apartheid in South Africa.

[hfsh]

They were basically the ultra-rich landowner class. The actual farm laborers doing all the work weren't quite as well off. There's a reason that area still has the last traces of the communist party still active in local politics.

[fjfaase]

I understand that they are aware of this and that they are thinking about changing it.