A green step 🦶♻️

🇪🇺🇳🇱 The EU has approved two Dutch programs to reduce nitrogen deposition in nature conservation areas close to small and medium-sized livestock farms in the Netherlands whose current nitrogen deposition load exceeds certain minimum levels.  

🌱 The plans are a bright idea to allow high-quality, sustainable, and environmentally friendly production – contributing to the EU's strategic objectives relating to the European Green Deal, btw. Also, the aid brings about positive effects that outweigh any potential distortion of competition and trade within the block. To learn more about the deal and its impacts, read this.