Friday, April 17, 2009 Solidarity with La Via Campesina Struggle - Actions to stop Straathofs mega pigstables
Guerrilla Gardening in the Dutch Betuwe: "Animal industry equals animal suffering, climate disaster, and deforrestation."

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Guerrilla Gardening in the Dutch Betuwe: "Animal industry equals animal suffering, climate disaster, and deforrestation."
Friday
April 17, 2009- 40 activists of the group 'Stop Straathof' made a
vegetable garden on the terrain where agro-industrialist Straathof
plans to expand one of his many pig farms. The action was a protest
against the animal induatry and accompanying soy production for animal
feed, that causes a lot of suffering in South America.
The
action started a little tense because the police was awaiting the
acitivists. Via a back track the action group, dressed in pig and
farmer suites, managed to reach the company after all. The digging and
the planting of vegetables and fruit trees could take place.
Three employees were calmed and the local police turned out to dislike
Straathof as well and let the activists do their thing. After the hard
labour was done, the group found their way via Erichem to the town of
Buren on the beats of the Rhythms of Resistance action sambaband,
spreading flyers as they went. Rebelact's play showed how big capital
exploits animals and famers the like.
At the local supermarke and
primary school a small manifestation took place with tasty foods,music,
and a photo exhibition about soy production and the animal industry.
About everybody in Buren knows the pig farm of Straathof, knows the
stench the company spreads and would see it disappear. The flyer that
was handed out described the problems related to animal feed production
and animal suffering, providing the locals with even more arguments
against Straathof's pig farms and meat production in general.
April 17 was particularly chosen for this action to take place because
it is the International Day of Peasant Struggle, declared as such by
Via Campesina, a worldwide network of peasant organisations.
