The Netherlands is the world’s second-largest agricultural exporter by value despite being only about the size of Maryland. Inside large greenhouses, farmers grow millions of tons of tomatoes and peppers with the help of bees, robots, and custom LED lights. The country’s research hub, Wageningen University, has turned this innovation into a global model for farming. But now the industry faces rising energy prices, labor shortages, and a nitrogen pollution crisis. So how are the Dutch adapting, and can their model really feed the world?
00:00 – 01:07 – Intro
01:08 – 01:30 – How the Dutch Reclaimed Farmland
01:30 – 02:00 – WWII & The Winter of Hunger
02:00 – 02:50 – Industrialized Farming and Research
02:50 – 03:12 – Inside Advanced Dutch Greenhouses
03:12 – 07:35 – Looye Kwekers Tomato Harvest
07:48 – 10:21 – VD Holland Pepper Harvest
10:21-12:04 – Energy Use
12:04 – 14:43 – LED Lights, Plant Growth, and Robots
14:43 -15:14 – Postwar Research
15:14 – 16:20 – Emissions and Environmental Pressure
16:20 -17:40 – Wageningen Dairy Campus
17:40 – 18:49 – Can Greenhouses Feed the World?
18:49 – 19:48 – Farms of the Future
19:48 – 19:58 – Credits
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