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		PeterisP on Oct 25, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: MIT Media Lab Scientist Used Refugees to Tout Food... Agricultural products have very, very large differences in value density, and one that Netherlands is seriously exploiting. Ten acres of corn has much less value than ten acres of roses, so growing flowers is a major export industry for Netherlands.

dmurray on Oct 25, 2019 [–]

That's part of it, but looks like only about €9b of €90b total [0]. Meat, dairy and vegetables are all comparable; certainly the east of the country seems to be all cows. Cereals don't crack the top ten categories, though.

https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/news/2018/03/dutch-agricultural-exp...

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