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Dutch families join 'people's farm' to counter climate change
Published Mon, Aug 19, 2019 · 09:50 PM
Boxtel, Netherlands
CHICKENS roam the orchards, cows chew the cud and pigs roll in the mud on a warm day on a Dutch farm - but the pastoral scene is not as traditional as it seems.
The farm is owned and run by a cooperative of hundreds of local consumers and aims to change habits in a low-lying country engaged in an existential fight against climate change.
Some 200 families decide what the farm will produce - and …
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