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TIL despite their small land area and limited space the Netherlands are the 2nd largest food exporter in the world because of their efficient methods of modern farming
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[This says they’re 6th](https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-american-food-giant-the-largest-exporter-of-food-in-the-world.html)…
Still impressive.
Speaking as a Dutchie: yes and no. Yes, we produce a lot of food. And yes, we export a lot of food. If you look at absolute values.
But we also *import* a lot of food that we then *export* again. This amount counts towards the export, but we didn’t grow it ourselves. Just import export, to borrow a phrase.
This being said, it is also true that we have a University of Wageningen that is considered the Stanford of food production. In our country a lot of bleeding edge food technology is pioneered and what is more, made ready to roll out commercially.