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Civil Servant and Former GroenLinks Councilor Under Fire After Affirming 'Good Farmer Is Dead Farmer'

Summary by nieuwrechts.nl
Civil servant Brechtje Paardekooper is under fire over a post about farmers on Bluesky. Paardekooper, who previously served on the Utrecht city council for GroenLinks, responded to a post stating: 'In goeie boer is in deade boer' (A good farmer is a dead farmer). It was also stated that this was an old Frisian proverb that is 'still relevant'. Paardekooper subsequently wrote: 'In my increasingly frequent fits of powerless rage over the horrific …
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Civil servant Brechtje Paardekooper is under fire over a post about farmers on Bluesky. Paardekooper, who previously served on the Utrecht city council for GroenLinks, responded to a post stating: 'In goeie boer is in deade boer' (A good farmer is a dead farmer). It was also stated that this was an old Frisian proverb that is 'still relevant'. Paardekooper subsequently wrote: 'In my increasingly frequent fits of powerless rage over the horrific …

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nieuwrechts.nl broke the news on Monday, August 10, 2026.
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