>No, the sources are clear. This is the export of food grown in Holland. It
>does not include food transshipped through.
Here's a source. $55 billion, of which $7b is flowers, and the rest of the
majority is trans-shipments, according to the USDA.
"World exports in agricultural products total
wrote:
I realize that whoever wrote the article believed that to be true, but they
> had
> to get their figures from somewhere, and I suspect they used government
> sources,
> which they may not have completely understood.
>
The information I quoted came from The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affai
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Sun, 9 Jun 2013 22:10:11 -0400:
Hi Jed,
I realize that whoever wrote the article believed that to be true, but they had
to get their figures from somewhere, and I suspect they used government sources,
which they may not have completely understood.
> wrote:
Here's an interesting page with video of a Dutch indoor farming project.
All light comes from LEDs.
http://singularityhub.com/2011/08/14/dutch-plantlab-revolutionizes-farming-no-sunlight-no-windows-less-water-better-food/
On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 9:15 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
> Eric Walker wrote:
Eric Walker wrote:
> I like the high-tech approach to agriculture, but the hazmat suites and
> the water sterilization seem a little anachronistic -- like a 1960s take on
> what the future will be like.
>
Apparently it reduces spoilage. They do not do anything there by accident
or without caref
wrote:
> Holland is also a major export port for a large part of Europe, and does a
> lot
> of trade. So the export figures could include agricultural products
> imported
> from other European countries as well as those produced locally.
>
No, the sources are clear. This is the export of food g
On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 6:44 PM, Eric Walker wrote:
> I like the high-tech approach to agriculture, but the hazmat suites and the
> water sterilization seem a little anachronistic
I imagine the suits are to protect from mold spore. Many times I have
seen a loaf of bread begin to grow five green
I wrote:
I like the high-tech approach to agriculture, but the hazmat suites and the
> water sterilization seem a little anachronistic -- like a 1960s take on
> what the future will be like. The view here in California looks a little
> different, with the farmers' markets and the locavore movemen
In reply to mix...@bigpond.com's message of Mon, 10 Jun 2013 09:03:25 +1000:
Hi,
[snip]
>In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Sun, 9 Jun 2013 17:14:34 -0400:
>Hi,
>[snip]
>
>Holland is also a major export port for a large part of Europe, and does a lot
...I probably should have said "Rotterdam
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Sun, 9 Jun 2013 17:14:34 -0400:
Hi,
[snip]
Holland is also a major export port for a large part of Europe, and does a lot
of trade. So the export figures could include agricultural products imported
from other European countries as well as those produced loca
I wrote:
People will want cheese produced on a farm nearby rather than
> shipped across the country and loaded with preservatives to keep it from
> going bad.
>
That was a bad example; I doubt cheese goes bad like that -- the normal
kind, anyway. But the general idea still applies.
Eric
On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
The people picking crops wear haz mat suits and ride on electric cars that
> rise up to the high end of the vines. A robot train of picked crops threads
> its way to the processing building. Pretty soon I expect robots will also
> pick the crops
: [Vo]:Netherlands food exports
The total value of Dutch agricultural exports was 75.4 billion euros in
2012.
crop
(machines measure that specific crop's transpiration and match the holes
exactly for that item)
Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 17:14:34 -0400
Subject: Re: [Vo]:Netherlands food exports
From: jedrothw...@gmail.com
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com
Harry Veeder wrote:
That is hard to believe. Perhaps
Harry Veeder wrote:
> That is hard to believe. Perhaps they mean second largest food exporter
> per capita?
>
No, the second largest in the world. I think measured in dollar value of
the exports, not food tonnage.
Amazing, isn't it? A little country with 16 million people.
They also export th
It includes bulbs and cut flowers - but agriculture only employs 4% of the
population!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands#Agriculture
I must admit I find a lot ot admire about the Dutch way of doing things.
- Leo
From: Harry Veeder
> That is hard t
On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
> This may be a little off topic but anyway . . . On NHK the other day I saw
> a documentary about food exports and high-tech agriculture in the
> Netherlands. Here is a web page about it:
>
> http://www.hollandtrade.com/sector-information/agric
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