The Last Beet of Sweetness (The Netherlands)
Francesco Zizola documented the industrialized practice of sugar beet harvest in the Northern part of The Netherlands. It was only a few decades ago that Dutch agriculture was small scale, labour oriented and family owned. A modern sugar beet farm could hardly be more different: large scale, rationalized, industrial. But the ongoing fight for efficiency cannot guarantee profits in a global economy. To survive the international rat race, farmers either need political protection or production at the lowest possible prices.
