Intensive Dutch livestock farming causes €9 billion in health, climate damage per year
NL TimesIntensive livestock farming in the Netherlands causes at least 9 billion euros in damage to health and the environment every year, according to calculations by economist Max van der Sleen for the environmental group Mobilization for the Environment. That makes the damage caused by livestock farming three times higher than its added value, which amounts to 3 billion euros according to figures from Wageningen Economic Research, Financieele Dagblad reports. Six years ago, CE Delft concluded that Dutch livestock farming costs Dutch society 6 billion euros per year. A Ministry spokesperson told FD they couldn’t respond to Van der Sleen’s calculations, but it is “known that livestock farming in the Netherlands is also associated with negative effects.” The spokesperson added, "the agricultural sector also provides us with a lot, although there is no doubt that something has to change in the way of production.” Mark Heijmans of the farmers’ umbrella organization LTO told FD there are two crucial “mistakes” in Van der Sleen’s analysis.
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