Dutch farmers block supermarket warehouses

The government’s initiative to slash the emissions of pollutants led to the protests, local media reports

Farmers and citizens block the A37 highway, during a protest against the Dutch government's plans to cut nitrogen emissions, near Emmen on June 29, 2022. © AFP / Vincent Jannink

Dutch farmers have shut off access to supermarket distribution centers to protest the government’s green reforms, a move that would hit the nation’s agricultural sector, local media reported on Monday.

According to local broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS), protesters have blocked several warehouses across the country, including in the cities of Heerenveen, Raalte, Deventer, Woerden, Breda, and Nijkerk. As a result, food trucks cannot use many of the distribution centers.

The Central Bureau of Food Trade (CBL), the Dutch supermarket organization, said it would be “completely unacceptable” if the blockade drags on. “We have called the judicial authorities and the police to take care of the situation,” the organization’s director, Marc Jansen, said.

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