For an episode of the Euronews program ‘Witness’, journalist Hans von der Brelie travels to the Netherlands where many farmers are opposing government plans to drastically reduce livestock in order to slash nitrogen emissions, a major source of pollution in the country. He visits and interviews Wim from a workgroup that preserves the Dutch natural reserve De Peel to see what damage is caused there by nitrogen.
He also portrays dairy farmer Omgo and Eddie, his old school friend, farmer consultant and member from the new Dutch political party Farmers Citizens Movement (BBB), to listen to their views.
With a nitrogen specialist from the Dutch national institute for public health and environment he visits a nitrogen measurement location and a political analyst from the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant explains what the consequences are of the landslide win of the BBB party at the Dutch regional elections.