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LTO Netherlands stays outside the Agricultural Collective 2.0
LTO Nederland will not join a new Agricultural Collective, but is happy to participate in periodic mutual consultations. The organization announced this in a statement. LTO says it is looking for cooperation without a 'straitjacket'.
LTO Nederland does not discuss what exactly it sees as a straitjacket, but also indicates that she sees substantive problems in a kind of resumption of the previous collaboration.
In its own words, LTO Nederland does not have the manpower to participate in a new structure. In addition, in the opinion of LTO, the Agricultural Collective is not balanced in terms of representation, because it is too much livestock-oriented and insufficiently plant-based. Finally, in the opinion of LTO, the parties in a new collective to be formed pay too little attention to organic and multifunctional agriculture.
Not quite dismissive
In the statement, LTO Nederland emphasizes several times that it is not completely opposed to cooperation. Various other forms of collaboration are mentioned, for example, although they are more vertically structured. In addition, the organization declares that it is prepared to enter into periodic consultations with the agricultural trade unions and movements in order to harmonize the lobby 'on the basis of everyone's own identity and commitment'.
Mark van den Oever, chairman of Farmers Defense Force (FDF) is disappointed in an initial reaction. FDF has been trying to breathe new life into the Agricultural Collective for some time now. "Despite all our efforts behind the scenes...", he told FDF followers on Telegram, in response to the LTO statement.
Klaas van der Horst
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