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And this one week, custodians of the environment, producers of our food, an essential force in the economy.
But farmers aren't feeling it.
From early this morning, farmers from across Europe gathered in the Belgian capital.
Their target, the European Union's headquarters.
The farmers are angry and increasingly united by concerns about cheaper imports, rising prices and new EU regulations designed to help tackle climate change.
We produce food.
The food is life.
Without agriculture, without farmers, there is not life.
In recent weeks, Europe has been hit by protests continent wide.
The cause?
Europe's push to curb climate damaging emissions from agriculture and to protect the environment more broadly.
The anger on the streets this week prompted Brussels to backtrack on a number of green measures, including scrapping targets to halve pesticide use.
But farmers say more help is needed.
The problem is that to produce greener, it's more expensive, of course, and who will pay?