Madrid (EFE).- Around twenty Greenpeace activists have blocked access to the Ministry of Agriculture with banners since early this morning to demand an end to macro-farms and stop the water pollution they cause, the environmental organization reported in a statement.
“They will be resisting until the Minister of Agriculture, Luis Planas, commits to ending the macro-farms and grants us a meeting to discuss our demands and proposals,” the person in charge of Greenpeace agriculture campaign, Luís Ferreirim.
Dressed in red jumpsuits, the activists walk through the doors of the ministry sheltered by yellow banners that read: “Close the macro-farms now!”, “The macro-farms poison the water” or “499,999 signatures against the macro-farms. Minister Planas, yours is missing”.
“We bring half a million signatures from people who demand the end of macro-farms. It is time for Planas to take action. The future of the planet and of water depends on changing the agri-food model”, stated the Greenpeace spokesman, who has assured that industrial livestock farming is destroying the planet.
To stop this destruction, the environmental organization calls on the Government to implement a plan to reduce intensive livestock by 50% by 2030.
According to the 2023-2030 Groundwater Action Plan of the Ministry for Ecological Transition, 40% of groundwater, key in a context of climate change and increasing water scarcity, is in poor condition. The main causes are overexploitation and nitrate contamination, Greenpeace recalled in a note.
The Greenpeace entry blocks access to the Ministry of Agriculture to request an end to macro-farms was first published in EFE Noticias.