"We've had enough!"

An estimated 33,000 people took part in the march and around 100 farmers drove their tractors through the streets to support the protest.  They were demonstrating for a more ethical and environmentally-friendly agricultural sector. Around 100 environmental, agricultural and development groups organized the march.

Organisers said the protest was not directed against farmers, but against the unethical and damaging practices prevalent in the modern industry.

"Food is political — more and more people realize this. But politicians nurture an agricultural sector that detrimentally affects the environment and animals in the name of productivity," said a spokesman for the alliance, Jochen Fritz.

Protesters voiced their support for directing EU agricultural subsidies to farmers who operate ecological farming practices instead of paying farmers based on the total amount of land they use.

"Farmers who cultivate the land in an environmentally-friendly way and operate ethical animal farms should be supported with direct-payment subsidies," said Georg Janßen, the head of the farming association, Arbeitsgemeinschaft bäuerliche Landwirtschaft.

Many other demonstrators demanded the outlawing of the controversial weed killer glyphosate. 

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