How A Tiny Country Became The 2nd Biggest Agricultural Exporter In The World

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