Productions
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2 May 2011
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SRF 10 vor 10
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Mega Farms |
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Since a few years the seize of Dutch pig-, chicken- and cow farms is seriously increasing. Although it is not clear what the size of a mega farm exactly is, usually it is a farm with a minimum of 12.500 pigs, or poultry farms with a minimum of 185.00 laying hens or 360.000 chickens. But there are also mega farms with 35.000 pigs or 1,2 million chickens. Since these kind of farms are now also moved to special agricultural development areas, it causes serious annoyance for the people living around. Some of them have teamed up to protest against new mega farms being build.
Activities: research, set-up.