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This article, A TINY COUNTRY FEEDS THE WORLD, was first published in the September 2017 issue of National Geographic.
A TINY COUNTRY FEEDS THE WORLD
Article form the National Geographic, September 2017, by Frank Viviano and the photographer Luca Locatelli.
Agricultural Giant Holland Is Changing The Way We Farm
A sea of greenhouses surrounds a farmer's home in the Westland region of the Netherlands. The Dutch have become world leaders in agricultural innovation, pioneering new paths to fight hunger.
A sea of greenhouses surrounds a farmers home in the Westland region of the Netherlands.
The Dutch have become world leaders in agricultural innovation, pioneering new paths to fight hunger.
Image by: Luca Locatelli/National Geographic Creative
Image by: Luca Locatelli/National Geographic Creative
With demand for chicken increasing, Dutch firms are developing technology to maximize poultry production while ensuring humane conditions. This high-tech broiler house holds up to 150,000 birds, from hatching to harvesting.
Image by: Luca Locatelli/National Geographic Creative
The great indoors provides optimal growing conditions for lettuce and other leafy greens at Siberia B.V. Each one of the greenhouse$#39;s 22 indoor acres yields as much lettuce as 10 outdoor acres and cuts the need for chemicals by 97 percent.
Furrows of artificial light lend an otherworldly aura to Westland, the greenhouse capital of the Netherlands. Climate-controlled farms such as these grow crops around the clock and in every kind of weather.
Image by: Luca Locatelli/National Geographic Creative
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Author Frank Viviano, a foreign correspondent based in Italy, has covered stories in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Photographer Luca Locatelli specializes in capturing images depicting how people and technology interact.
Frank Viviano and Luca Locatelli have really captured the full extent of what research, collaboration and science can achieve in agriculture. In fact, I feel they have done this so well, that as the owner of this website, I have decided to license this article for publication on the site. I hope to show anybody visiting my website that the future of feeding the world can be a bright one, if the farmers of the world set our minds to it.
I sincerely hope that you enjoy this exceptional article about highly advanced practices in agriculture, and the spectacular results that are possible.
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