Dutch Farmers and Fishermen: A Trial Run to End Property Rights and Food Freedom
Interview Catherine Austin Fitts with Elze van Hamelen about the research report Centralization of food supply and the Dutch Farmers and Fishermen “It cannot be
Democracy depends on citizens being informed
- Howard Zinn
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Through knowledge sharing, advisory and coaching I help individuals and organisations in charting a course towards a free and democratic society. I provide support in the following ways:
Research
Workshops & lectures
Consulting & coaching
FOCUS
We are living in turbulent times. The current reality is often descibed as ‘VUCAD’: volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous and disruptive. That creates feelings of uncertainty, fear, doubt and powerlessness. Which sources are reliable and trustworthy? What is my personal contribution to such large processes?
The root cause of uncertainty is partly that the we have a limited map of the realities facing us. To make sound, well-founded decisions, a clear an comprehensive map of reality is needed, that is constructed with diversity of information, sources and viewpoints. Often, through mass-media or even education it is not possible to get the full picture.
For years, I have researched voices of independent journalists, scientists, historians, political philosophers, economists. Taking a systems thinking approach, by observing how a systems’ structure creates behavior, various political, social an economic developments have become apprehensible. I share my insights in articles and through advisory, workshops, lectures and podcasts.
These insights provide calm, oversight and ability to shape your future from a source of personal autonomy and leadership. Taking ownership will shield you against getting lost in the daily madness.
SERVICES
Research
Workshops & lectures
Consulting & coaching
Research
‘Pharma Food. Biotech on Your Plate: The Next Chapter in Big Money’s Battle to End Food Sovereignty’ (2022). Research conducted for the Solari Report of Catherine Austin Fitts.
Dutch Farmers and Fishermen. Local Heroes in the Global War on Our Food and Property Rights, (2023). Research conducted for the Solari Report of Catherine Austin Fitts.
‘The big remodeling of the Netherlands‘, (2023). Article series for the reader-funded Dutch newspaper de Andere Krant.
Omgevingswet (2024). Long read for the Andere Krant about an Dutch spatial planning law that integrates all other policies with regard to health, security, sustainability, environment and more into one zoning law.
Workshops & lectures
Lectures
I give lectures about the topics that I have written about.
- Subversion of the sovereign state and democracy through the parallel governance structure
- Farmers and fishermen: the history of implementation industrial agriculture and its aftermath.
- Pharma food- a deep dive into the economics, production and ethics of lab-grown meat and other synthetic ‘foods’
- Behavioral government and cognitive warfare – policies, techniques, implications and what you can do to protect yourself
- Internationale governance: UN Policies Habitat, wildlands, One health
- 5G and EMFs, risks for health
For more information, contact info @ vanhamelen.eu
Consulting & coaching
The current system is broken. There is no back to ‘normal’. The question that arises is: what will replace the old systems?
The collective current seems to lead us into the distopia that is called ‘The Great Reset’. It is not inevitable. When enough people start to think about how they want to live together, and actively shape the society they want to live in, a more human and sustainable alternative will arise. It is important that we start visualizing an alternative future, as individuals, or through the organizations we work with. From this vision, we can start building the foundations of renewed democracy and community.
Through advise, consulting and coaching I help individuals and organizatiosn to formulate and shape their posititive, constructive vision of the future and their role in it. I help them become future-proof by:
- Mapping the current environment, taking into account social, economic, political and personal processes from a systemic or ‘systems thinking’ perspective.
- Developing a strategy, formulating actions and developing resilience
- Personal leadership when navigating a set course
For more information, email info[@]vanhamelen.eu
BIO
Because of a strong sense of idealism, I started my career in sustainabilty. I was convinced that business has a pivotal role to play in the transition to sustainability. However, in practice, sustainability has matured into a whole business segment, that applies standardized methods and is promoted through slick marketing. No better way to sell ‘feel good’ than by calling something sustainable. Despite all this, real impacts that can be traced through improvements in human rights conditions, or reduction of environmental pollution are limited if not absent.
Often, companies seem to be stuck in the system themselves, which limits the capacity for real breakthrough innovative change. It became increasingly clear to me that sustainabilty is not separate from the global geopolitical context that has arisen after the second world war.
Solutions cannot be found through approaches that are limited to managing environmental and social impacts, or progress in technology. To identify the real solutions we first need to recognize the real history of the previous 75-150 years, and then evalate: what is the basis voor community? Under what conditions does a democracy work? How do you guard the human measure in largers organisational structures? To make our civilization last for another 100, or even 1000 years, a very thorough reevaluation of the systems that currently drive us is pivotal.
My most basic motivation to contribute to a better world through improved relations with each other and nature is still the same. The road to get there has some detours. To achieve the transition to a sustainable society awareness is needed about the (geo)political, social and spiritual realities that are facing us – in tandem with development of personal leadership and real democracy.
That is why I have shifted my attention from a more narrow, technical focus on sustaianbility to supporting the development of awareness that enables sustainability.
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“Elze is wonderfully brilliant. From brainstorming ideas to tactical execution, she delivers only the highest quality of work. She brings a lot of expertise and dives deeply into new topics and quickly masters them. She’s also a delight to work with. Working with her raised my standards for what is possible for a team to achieve.”– Carrie Staller. Business Development Director, Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute (SIYLI)
“Elze is able to dig into opportunity and reshape it in an engaging way for multiple audiences. I supervised her work with a firm to identify a way to start using sustainability as a catalyst for change with employees and customers. She brings a very systemic view to the development of unique strategies.”– Cynthia Scott. Ph.D. Core Faculty, Presidio Graduate School.
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Pharma Food – for Catherine Austin Fitts’ Solari Report
Deep dive research into lab-grown meat and cellular agriculture for the Solari Report of Catherine Austin Fitts. “Synthetic food will, of course, also be used
The conspiracy theorist stigma: censorship by pseudopsychiatry
Replacing debate with pseudopsychiatry The risks of being labeled and stigmatized as a conspiracy theorist has rendered a growing number of topics – on which