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Reducing emissions without sacrificing profitability
When New Yorkers Anders & Emily Crofoot took over Castlepoint Station on the eastern Wairarapa coast in 1998, they had to make some big adjustments, quickly.
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Soil Health and Innovation Focus Help Reduce Emissions
A passion for innovation has been a common thread through four generations of farmers on the Abbiss' property near Halcombe. Now they're turning their attention to how they might reduce their impact on the climate.
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Building Resilience in a Changing Environment
Emma Crutchley's family have been farming on Puketoi Station in the Māniatoto since 1939. They've had to adapt to many issues outside of their control over this time. Keeping a positive mindset is helping them get their heads around the latest challenge - greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.
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A More Flexible Farm is a More Resilient Farm
Kereru Station is a sheep and beef property located in the Kereru district, west of Hastings in the Hawke’s Bay. It has a total of 2,848 hectares of flat to medium hill country, with 730 hectares made up of gorges and plantation forestry.
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Less stock. Better performance. Lower net emissions
Over 60 years of farming, Nick Tripe has established a 1,325 hectare (936ha effective pasture and 245ha productive mānuka) hill country property located between Whanganui and Hunterville. The property is rich in history, with the family farming the original block in 1928, and has grown over time to the enterprise it is today.
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Seeking the Sweet Spot: People, Planet and Profit
George and Sharon Moss have been dairy farming in Tokoroa for nearly 40 years. Their impact on the climate wasn't a consideration back then, but it's at the forefront of how they farm now.
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Efficient farming for future sustainability
An emphasis on efficiency improvements and soil health are helping keep greenhouse gas emissions down on Hugh Ritchie's complex arable, livestock and horticulture operation in Hawke's Bay.
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Four small changes across the system. Big gains over time.
Kaiwaiwai Dairies comprises a 337-hectare milking platform, plus a 305-hectare dairy support block located in South Wairarapa, between Featherston and Martinborough.
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The Long Game: Farming for Future Generations
Pouarua Farms takes a long-term outlook when it comes to managing the land. For the five iwi who own the Hauraki Plains’ largest dairy platform, that means making decisions that will sustain the land and create an intergenerational asset.
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Growing more with less environmental impact
At Woodhaven Gardens near Levin, Jay Clarke and his family have been figuring out how to reduce their vegetable farm's impact on the climate.
