ABSTRACT
This paper investigates a consequence of globalization on marginal regions in the Netherlands. The ongoing expansion of the pig sector in Dutch agriculture is representative of the process of globalization in this case. This expansion is now spreading into peripheral rural areas that had been saved from (the various negative side effects of) intensive pig raising until recently. The interesting point in the 'pink (pig) invasion' is that the regions studied, despite their marginal position, seem to be able to resist the invasion by the pig sector, as we will show below. A process of regionalisation occurs in the face of globalization.
