200 Dutch families join 'people's farm' to counter climate change

BOXTEL, Netherlands - Chickens roam the orchards, cows chew the cud and pigs roll in the mud on a warm day on a Dutch farm - but the pastoral scene is not as traditional as it seems.

The farm is owned and run by a cooperative of hundreds of local consumers and aims to change habits in a low-lying country engaged in an existential fight against climate change.

Nearly 200 families decide what the farm will produce - and they will eventually eat - and employ a farmer to tend to the animals for meat and eggs and grow the dozen kinds of fruits and vegetables.