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Aerial view of Holland’s tulip fields
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this post was submitted on 26 Aug 2023
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A country that has to "reclaim" ecologically important marshes and seabed, should not be using such land for worthless crops that uses tons of fertlizers and pesticides but you can't even eat them. At least plant grains.
What is the problem with these tulips? They are way less energy intensive than imported and greenhouse flowers and the reclaimed soil needs very little fertilizer. Now they do use a lot of pesticides, but no more than any other flowers. Link in dutch
Besides, why go for grains. You need more fertilizer, more water, and they sell for basically nothing so even if you get 10 tons of wheat per acre you're wasting valuable ground that is perfect for tulips.
If you are a farmer on these polders you want to grow tulips, if you are the government you want the farmers to grow tulips, if you live nearby you want the farmers to grow tulips.