Dutch agriculture

"Take the case of the Netherlands. Unbeknown to most people, it is world’s third largest agricultural exporter, despite having little land (it has the world’s fifth highest population density). This has been possible because the Dutch have “industrialised” agriculture by, for example, deploying hydroponic agriculture (growing plants in water) that uses computer-controlled feeding of high-quality chemicals—something that would not have been possible if the Netherlands did not have some of the world’s most advanced chemical and electronics industries."

Read : http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2011/07/netherlands-fact-of-the-day.html.

There is but one thing missing in Dutch produce and fruit, and that is taste. But who cares, as long as the euros keep rolling ...