Biosecurity by military design

Belgian broiler farmer Henk Ghyselen’s farm is located at an airbase in Koksijde, Belgium. Its airstrip also functions as the driveway to his farm. When he wants to expand he needs a municipal permit and NATO permission. Ghyselen’s great-grandfather, Modest, married his wife in 1890 and moved to the farm’s current location in Koksijde. The pair did not have poultry. Henk Ghyselen took over the farm from his father at a young age in 1993; he was only 25 at the time. Wheat prices were so ba