Agricultural Walhalla at the Dike
This article was published in the national newspaper De Telegraaf on July 30th, 2022. De newspaper has around 350.000 subscribers.
It was written by Edwin Timmer and Alexander Bakker.
In the article the authors express precisely how surprised people abroad looked at our fierce farmers’ protests and the ease with which we threaten to shorten an important economic sector. Kees Blokland acts as a mirror for the reader: as a former Agriterra director, he knows better than anyone how much admiration abroad often is for the Dutch agricultural cluster.
Knowing that the article almost didn’t make it due to decisions of the editorial staff, it is even more surprising the article became the most read online story of 2022 for the national newspaper De Telegraaf.