Protests by angry farmers have swept across Europe this year. But from country to country, powerful groups have taken these protests over and changed their agenda. Who are these people, and what are they up to?

This is a special episode produced in collaboration with investigative journalists from Lighthouse Reports and media partners across Europe. 

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Read the articles published as part of this investigation: 

‘Farmers protest, who gains?’ - Lighthouse Reports https://www.lighthousereports.com/investigation/farmers-protest-who-gains/ 

‘Bauernschlaue Lobbyisten’ - Taz https://taz.de/Doppeltes-Spiel-des-Agrarverbandes/!6009938/ 

‘Le lobbying agricole de la FNSEA à la loupe’ - Splann! https://splann.org/lobby-agricole-fnsea/ 

Reporters: Wojciech Oleksiak, Thin Lei Win, Marianne Kerfriden, Silvia Lazzaris, Elena DeBre and Emmanuel Freudenthal

Producer: Wojciech Oleksiak

Editor: Katz Laszlo 

Editorial support: Dominic Kraemer and Katy Lee 

Sound design, scoring, mixing and mastering: Wojciech Oleksiak

Music: Jim Barne, BlueDot Sessions

Sound effects: Freesound.org (miastodzwiekow, Cosmopolight, Quistard)

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